Railroad Workers Diagnosed With Cancer May Be Eligible for Compensation
Workers with 10 or more years of railroad employment may qualify.
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Current & former railroad workers
Your Cancer, Parkinson's Or Lung Disease May Have Started In The Rail Yard
It may be connected to what they were breathing on the job. These are the exposures that come up most often:
Diesel exhaust
Yards, cabs, shops and tunnels
Welding fumes
Rip track and locomotive shops
Asbestos
Lagging, pipe insulation, brake shoes
Benzene & solvents
Degreasers and parts cleaners
Creosote
On every tie a track crew handled
Silica dust
Ballast, sandblasting, track work
