--- title: FELA Attorney's Blog | Exploring the rights and issues of railroad workers | Railroad safety issues description: Railroad safety issues | Exploring the rights and issues of railroad workers for on job injuries and whistleblower claims and those of injured passengers. --- [![fw-fela-logo.png](https://www.felaattorney.com/hs-fs/hubfs/fw-fela-logo.png?width=504&name=fw-fela-logo.png "fw-fela-logo.png")](https://www.felaattorney.com/) ![lpheader-blog-header.jpg](https://www.felaattorney.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LP_Headers/lpheader-blog-header.jpg?width=1024&name=lpheader-blog-header.jpg "lpheader-blog-header.jpg") ## FELA Attorney's Blog | Exploring the rights and issues of railroad workers and rail passengers ## [A Contractor for My Railroad Caused My Injury. Does FELA Still Apply?](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/a-contractor-for-my-railroad-caused-my-injury.-does-fela-still-apply) Posted by [Marc Wietzke](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/author/marc-wietzke) on Nov 10, 2020 3:14:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![Flynn and Wietzke Railroad Injury Lawyers](https://www.felaattorney.com/hs-fs/hubfs/iStock-1167145099.jpg?width=850&name=iStock-1167145099.jpg)   Contractors are a necessary evil on almost any railroad.  From Sperry inspections to snow plowing, tree trimming to crew transport, they’re everywhere. But with so many people doing their jobs in close quarters, especially non-railroad savvy workers, the odds of an injury go up as the contractors move in. That was the case one rainy afternoon when my client, a longtime deputy chief, was walking in the lobby of the corporate headquarters. The facility is known for its marble floors, which while ornate, also become dangerously slick when wet. The railroad has a contractor in charge of rolling out rubber mats near the entrances and in common areas during inclement weather so visitors to the headquarters can dry their feet, maintain traction and avoid dripping their umbrellas and raincoats all over the floor. On this particular day, the contractor didn’t do its job. The chief lost his footing and fell hard on his back, leaving him with injuries he’ll feel for the rest of his life. A surveillance camera caught the whole incident on tape. (yes, tape, the case was several years ago) [Read More](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/a-contractor-for-my-railroad-caused-my-injury.-does-fela-still-apply) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/a-contractor-for-my-railroad-caused-my-injury.-does-fela-still-apply#comments-listing) Topics: [Railroad safety issues](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/railroad-safety-issues), [compensatory damages](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/compensatory-damages), [FELA injury](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/fela-injury), [settlements](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/settlements), [how to file a claim against railroad](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/how-to-file-a-claim-against-railroad) ## [Does the FELA Cover Me Before or After I Punch In or Out of Work?](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/does-the-fela-cover-me-before-or-after-i-punch-in-or-out-of-work) Posted by [Marc Wietzke](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/author/marc-wietzke) on Oct 8, 2020 4:17:43 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)   ![humans-studio-f1vK8PYaGps-unsplash](https://www.felaattorney.com/hs-fs/hubfs/humans-studio-f1vK8PYaGps-unsplash.jpg?width=5184&name=humans-studio-f1vK8PYaGps-unsplash.jpg)   By the 1920s, the protections afforded by the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) were already well-established, but railroad work remained incredibly dangerous. Workers doing jobs in faraway locales couldn’t drive home for the night and they didn’t have money for hotels. So the railroad put them in “bunk cars” – unused rail cars sitting on track, usually in a yard. The conditions were, no surprise, often horrendous. The bunk cars had no air conditioning and it was not uncommon for them to be rodent-infested and uncomfortable. One night, a worker couldn’t stand it, and decided it would be better to sleep on the hard ground outside. When he dozed off, a passing train in the yard kicked up sparks and set him on fire. [Read More](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/does-the-fela-cover-me-before-or-after-i-punch-in-or-out-of-work) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/does-the-fela-cover-me-before-or-after-i-punch-in-or-out-of-work#comments-listing) Topics: [Passenger railroad injuries](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/passenger-railroad-injuries), [Checklist for hiring railroad lawyer](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/checklist-for-hiring-railroad-lawyer), [Railroad safety issues](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/railroad-safety-issues), [how to file your own injury claim](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/how-to-file-your-own-injury-claim), [settlements](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/settlements) ## [Is it Just Me, or Are You Dangerously Tired Too?](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-dangerously-tired-too) Posted by [Marc Wietzke](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/author/marc-wietzke) on Mar 24, 2016 9:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![CSX_railroad_on_job_injury_FELA.jpg](https://www.felaattorney.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CSX_railroad_on_job_injury_FELA.jpg?width=1024&name=CSX_railroad_on_job_injury_FELA.jpg "CSX_railroad_on_job_injury_FELA.jpg")It isn’t like we haven’t all heard from our elders how we need more sleep. And our significant others have politely tried to tell us how haggard we look.  We have noticed our short tempers, faulty memory and absent-mindedness when tired.  The truth is poor sleep habits are the norm today. But on the railroad it isn’t just making people cranky, it’s setting the table for dangerous work habits. [Read More](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-dangerously-tired-too) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/is-it-just-me-or-are-you-dangerously-tired-too#comments-listing) Topics: [Railroad safety issues](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/railroad-safety-issues), [whistleblower](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/whistleblower), [reporting safety concerns](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/reporting-safety-concerns) ## [Top 5 Defenses The Railroad Uses in FELA Liability Cases](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/top-5-defenses-the-railroad-uses-in-fela-liability-cases) Posted by [Marc Wietzke](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/author/marc-wietzke) on Feb 4, 2016 1:32:13 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![IMG_3031.jpg](https://www.felaattorney.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2017/IMG_3031.jpg?width=1024&name=IMG_3031.jpg "IMG_3031.jpg") Under the FELA the railroad is required to provide a reasonably safe place to work, which includes providing reasonably safe tools and following reasonably safe procedures and methods for doing work. [Read More](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/top-5-defenses-the-railroad-uses-in-fela-liability-cases) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/top-5-defenses-the-railroad-uses-in-fela-liability-cases#comments-listing) Topics: [FAQs on the job injuries](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/faqs-on-the-job-injuries), [Railroad safety issues](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/railroad-safety-issues), [FELA injury](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/fela-injury) ## [On the Job Dangers Railroad Engineers Know Too Well](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/on-the-job-dangers-railroad-engineers-need-to-know-about) Posted by [Marc Wietzke](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/author/marc-wietzke) on Jan 7, 2016 12:09:14 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![LIRR_C7_locomotive_cab_safety_hazard](https://www.felaattorney.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Engineer_safety_hazard_photos/Lirr_C7_locomotive_cab.jpg?width=640&name=Lirr_C7_locomotive_cab.jpg "LIRR_C7_locomotive_cab_safety_hazard") Was it the promise of better pay? Maybe it's because you thought you would have better conditions sitting inside of the cab? Or maybe it is the cool factor of being in control of a multi-ton behemoth. [Read More](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/on-the-job-dangers-railroad-engineers-need-to-know-about) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/on-the-job-dangers-railroad-engineers-need-to-know-about#comments-listing) Topics: [Railroad safety issues](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/railroad-safety-issues), [reporting safety concerns](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/reporting-safety-concerns), [Engineers](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/engineers) ## [MNRR Workers: Meet Your New Chief Safety Officer](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/mnrr-workers-meet-your-new-chief-safety-officer) Posted by [Marc Wietzke](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/author/marc-wietzke) on Dec 22, 2015 5:30:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![metro_north_chief_safety_officer_Vonashek.jpg](https://www.felaattorney.com/hs-fs/hub/312738/file-1194765291.jpg?width=1024&name=file-1194765291.jpg "metro_north_chief_safety_officer_Vonashek.jpg")   Here is the face of MNRR’s continuing safety initiative. His name is Justin Vonashek. He will start on Jan. 4, 2016 as vice president of System Safety. Will he able to win over the trust of the rank and file track level workers? That remains to be seen, but a lack of on track experience isn’t a good sign, despite his transit accolades. [Read More](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/mnrr-workers-meet-your-new-chief-safety-officer) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/mnrr-workers-meet-your-new-chief-safety-officer#comments-listing) Topics: [Railroad safety issues](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/railroad-safety-issues), [reporting safety concerns](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/reporting-safety-concerns), [Metro North](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/metro-north) ## [10 Reasons You Might Have a Whistleblower Claim Against Railroad](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/10-reasons-you-might-have-a-whistleblower-claim-against-railroad) Posted by [Marc Wietzke](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/author/marc-wietzke) on Sep 8, 2015 2:55:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![10 reasons you might have a whistleblower claim against the railroad by Marc Wietzke](https://www.felaattorney.com/hs-fs/hub/312738/file-518942469.jpg?width=1024&name=file-518942469.jpg "10 reasons you might have a whistleblower claim against the railroad by Marc Wietzke") Railroad work is dangerous: heavy machinery, chemical exposure, 150-ton speeding locomotives. Whether you’ve spent your career working on high voltage wires or maintaining signals or track area, you may have taken on more than your fair share of danger and injury, just shrugging it off as part of the job. In actuality, it may be that *it was the railroad itself* that shrugged off your safety. Often workers are put in dangerous situations that they should be safe from, and very often when workers report those unsafe conditions they find themselves slapped with a letter of reprimand, told to keep quiet about an injury or worse. Here are **10 examples of situations where a worker has a legit whistleblower claim against the railroad.** [Read More](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/10-reasons-you-might-have-a-whistleblower-claim-against-railroad) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/10-reasons-you-might-have-a-whistleblower-claim-against-railroad#comments-listing) Topics: [FAQs on the job injuries](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/faqs-on-the-job-injuries), [Rights of Railroad workers](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/rights-of-railroad-workers), [Railroad safety issues](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/railroad-safety-issues), [whistleblower](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/whistleblower) ## [What's Wrong With Railroad Picture? I Need Your Help To Show The FRA](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/whats-wrong-with-railroad-picture) Posted by [Marc Wietzke](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/author/marc-wietzke) on Aug 21, 2015 11:24:18 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![harold_interlocking_whats_wrong_with_this_picture](https://www.felaattorney.com/hs-fs/hubfs/harold_interlocking_whats_wrong_with_this_picture.jpg?width=1024&name=harold_interlocking_whats_wrong_with_this_picture.jpg "harold_interlocking_whats_wrong_with_this_picture") I am testifying at an informal hearing with the Federal Railroad Administration, and I need your help.  At the hearing next week my goal will be to communicate to the administration just how dangerous your work still is, despite improvements in safety. To make my point I would like to show the FRA officials examples of the continuing unsafe conditions that you as a railroad worker are exposed to everyday. Examples are in this photo. More on that later. I'm hoping you'll help me make my case by sharing your pictures of obvious, everyday hazards you run into on the job.  Especially hazards that remain despite reporting them. [Read More](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/whats-wrong-with-railroad-picture) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/whats-wrong-with-railroad-picture#comments-listing) Topics: [Railroad safety issues](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/railroad-safety-issues) ## [Amtrak Knew How to Make Its Trains Safer, And Didn't](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/amtrak-knew-how-to-make-its-trains-safer-and-didnt) Posted by [Marc Wietzke](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/author/marc-wietzke) on May 19, 2015 5:06:36 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![amtrak-safety-ptc](https://www.felaattorney.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2017/IMG_5071.jpg?width=1404&name=IMG_5071.jpg "amtrak-safety-ptc")   Saturday morning I read [Dennis Hamill’s NY Daily News story](http://bit.ly/1bWtusn), based on an interview with a grieving father whose son, a 45 year-old father of two himself, died needlessly in the Amtrak derailment. I want to tell this dad, he is absolutely right. His son didn't have to die. In so many ways, this accident, or outcome, was avoidable.  [Read More](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/amtrak-knew-how-to-make-its-trains-safer-and-didnt) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/amtrak-knew-how-to-make-its-trains-safer-and-didnt#comments-listing) Topics: [Railroad safety issues](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/railroad-safety-issues), [commuter](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/commuter), [Train accidents](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/train-accidents), [injured passengers](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/injured-passengers), [amtrak](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/amtrak) ## [Without PTC, Amtrak and Railroad Industry Are Out of Control](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/without-ptc-amtrak-and-railroad-industry-are-out-of-control) Posted by [Marc Wietzke](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/author/marc-wietzke) on May 15, 2015 9:38:23 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![amtrak ignores ntsb safety warnings on PTC](https://www.felaattorney.com/hs-fs/hubfs/amtrak_signage-367513-edited.jpg?width=494&name=amtrak_signage-367513-edited.jpg "amtrak ignores ntsb safety warnings on PTC")   They knew what to do, but chose not to do it   Even as we try to sort out what lead Amtrak #188 to accelerate into a curve in Philly, which required deceleration, we are reminded that the very railroad which is supposed to be the prototype for safety for all others, is not keeping up.  [Read More](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/without-ptc-amtrak-and-railroad-industry-are-out-of-control) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/without-ptc-amtrak-and-railroad-industry-are-out-of-control#comments-listing) Topics: [Passenger railroad injuries](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/passenger-railroad-injuries), [Railroad safety issues](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/railroad-safety-issues), [commuter](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/commuter), [reporting safety concerns](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/reporting-safety-concerns), [Train accidents](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/train-accidents), [injured passengers](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/injured-passengers), [NTSB](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/ntsb), [amtrak](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/amtrak) [All posts](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/all) [Next](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/railroad-safety-issues/page/2) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic - [FELA injury (31)](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/fela-injury) - [FAQs on the job injuries (24)](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/faqs-on-the-job-injuries) - [Basic steps to filing a fela lawsuit (20)](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/basic-steps-to-filing-a-fela-lawsuit) - [Railroad safety issues (19)](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/railroad-safety-issues) - [FELA recovery (15)](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/fela-recovery) - [whistleblower (13)](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/whistleblower) - [Rights of Railroad workers (11)](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/rights-of-railroad-workers) - [settlements (10)](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/settlements) - [reporting safety concerns (8)](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/reporting-safety-concerns) - [how to file a claim against railroad (7)](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/how-to-file-a-claim-against-railroad) - [verdict (7)](https://www.felaattorney.com/blog/topic/verdict) - [how much is my case worth? 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