Railroad Lawsuit - Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Railroad workers are exposed various carcinogenic substances, including diesel exhaust fumes. This can cause various diseases such as non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
A lawyer who specializes in railroad cancer can help you determine if your illness is related to workplace exposures, and then claim compensation for medical expenses and discomfort and pain.
Benzene
Benzene is a widely used chemical compound in the world. It is a colorless, pale yellow liquid with a sweet odor that evaporates quickly into the air. It is used in degreasers, dyes, solvents, pesticides, lubricants, plastics and resins. It is also found naturally in crude oil. Long-term exposure to benzene may affect bone marrow and cause leukemia as well as other blood-related illnesses. It can also trigger heartbeat fluctuations and convulsions and liver diseases and decrease fertility.
Railroad workers are at a higher risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma myelodysplastic syndrome and multiple myeloma due to their exposure to benzene. This is especially true for those who worked around locomotives or on them in the railway shop in which they were exposed to diesel exhaust. Exposure to coal tar, which is used to preserve wood and also a wood preserver, could expose you to benzene.
The personal representative of a BNSF worker who died from leukemia has filed 27 lawsuits against the company, including eight of them in the year 2018. The plaintiff's work history with the railroad company spanned back several decades. She worked as hostler at the yard in Alliance, Nebraska for 33 years. railroad controls limited lawsuit was exposed by diesel exhaust and other toxic chemicals while working on automobiles railway ties, locomotives, and cars. She also used benzene-based chemicals Liquid Wrench to break bolts.
Glyphosate
Glyphosate is one of the most commonly used herbicides employed by railroad workers to kill weeds as well as other plants along the tracks and around train stations. Exposure to this chemical could cause non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and other serious health issues. If you've been exposed to the chemical glyphosate and later developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a railroad accident lawyer can help you seek compensation from the company who wronged you.
The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified glyphosate as a probable carcinogen. The chemical works by targeting a protein in plants called shikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS). This prevents EPSPS from producing its own natural product which is the building block of proteins. The glyphosate is able to bind with EPSPS, and destroys its structure. It also hinders EPSPS from performing normal functions, which could cause cell death.
In the short-term, glyphosate can have negative effects such as nausea vomiting, diarrhea skin irritation and eye irritation. In extreme instances, exposure to glyphosate can cause death. The herbicide is extensively used on a variety of crops, including cereal grains, soybeans and corn. It is also found in drinking water via rainwater and surface runoff. Due to its widespread use, small amounts of glyphosate can be ingested by consumers.
Asbestos
Railroad workers are exposed to a range of dangerous substances, including asbestos and diesel fumes. These carcinogens may cause cancer, lung disease as well as other health issues. Federal law grants the current, former and retired rail workers the right to file a lawsuit against their employers when they are diagnosed with a medical condition due to exposures they have received on the job.
Asbestos played an important role in the railroad industry for many years and many railroad workers were affected by exposure to this harmful material. A skilled railroad asbestos exposure lawyer will look over your work records and medical documents to determine whether you have developed mesothelioma or another illness due to on-the-job exposure.
A train conductor has filed an action in the United America against Norfolk Southern for Hodgkin's lymphoma. He claims that the company did not do enough to safeguard his health from harmful chemicals. The lawsuit claims that the railroad company infringed on FELA safety regulations by failing to eliminate asbestos and other harmful substances and also not ensuring that workers were exposed to toxic chemicals.
The lawsuit states that the duties of a conductor on trains included operating and managing railroad machinery. It also alleges the railroad used weedkillers to keep right-of-way spaces clean which could have led to exposure to glyphosate, a poisonous herbicide that can cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma and other ailments. A jury handed the plaintiff one million dollars in compensatory damages.
Second-Hand Smoke
A number of railroad workers have been diagnosed as having cancer and other chronic diseases because of the toxic chemicals that they were exposed to every day. Railroad workers who suffer from cancer or other diseases because of their exposure to carcinogenic chemicals can file lawsuits in accordance with FELA against their former employers.
A man from Pennsylvania, who worked as a railroad employee who filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania against his former employers claiming that the development of cancerous kidneys was a result to being exposed to carcinogens during a period of almost 40 years. He claimed that he was exposed to asbestos, vinyl chloride and other dangerous substances every day while working for various railroad companies in the Philadelphia region.
Another railroad worker who filed a lawsuit claimed that his job as a railroad worker contributed to the development of lung cancer and other serious health problems. He worked for CSX Transportation, Inc. for over 20 years and was exposed daily to toxins, including diesel exhaust and secondhand smoking. He also handled railroad tie that were coated in Creosote chemical.
Even though the dangers of secondhand smoke had been known for decades, several railroads were slow to adopt smoking bans in the cabs of locomotives. Secondhand smoke exposure has been linked to a number of illnesses, including cancers and serious health issues including bronchitis and asthma.
