Chronic railroad exposures to diesel exhaust, asbestos, creosote, welding fumes, silica sand, benzene-containing solvents and degreasers, herbicides, and secondhand smoke can lead to numerous conditions, including:
Cancer:
Leukemia:
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
- Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
- Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL)
- Multiple Myeloma (MM)
Pulmonary:
- Diesel Asthma
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Reactive Airway Disease (RADS)
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Emphysema
Neurological:
We serve all railroad employees in crafts with historical exposures to toxins, including the following:
- Locomotive Engineer
- Brakeman/Conductor
- Track Department/Trackman
- Locomotive Machinist/Electrician/Pipefitter
- Car Department/Carman
- Bridges & Buildings
In proving up your railroad cancer lawsuit, Hughes Law Offices will take any unique exposures into account. For instance, we have served clients who described leaking underground fuel tanks, serving chemical plants and refineries, exposures from toxic freight, etc. We will bring all of those exposures to bear in proving up your railroad cancer case.
Class I railroads operating in Ohio include:
- BNSF Railway – BNSF operates out of North Baltimore Yard.
- Canadian National Railway – CN operates Toledo Yard.
- CSX Transportation – CSX’s Ohio-based yards, shops, and facilities includes June Street Yard, Queensgate Yard, Storrs Yard, Collinwood Yard, Clark Avenue Yard, Buckeye Yard, Columbus Yard, Corr Road, Parsons Yard, Needmore Yard, South Lima Yard, New River Yard, North Baltimore Intermodal Yard, Lind Yard, Stanley Yard, Walbridge Yard, and Willard Yard. CSX also formerly operated Wayne Yard, South Hamilton Yard, and Woods Yard.
- Norfolk Southern Railway – NS’s facilities in Ohio include Bellevue Yard, Gest Street Yard, Rockport Yard, Buckeye Yard, Watkins Yard, Clare Yard, New Reeds Yard, Moraine Yard, Sharon Yard, and Air Line Yard.
