Rail Workers Weekly News Digest
Number 42 - October 20, 2020
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Here are rail and labor news articles we have compiled from the previous week. |
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CSX: Employee dies from injuries sustained on job at train transportation yard |
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Ryan Sandy, 37, a member of Local 662 (Richmond, Va.) and a former local chairperson of LCA-201C, was killed in an on-the-job accident at 2:45 a.m., Monday, Oct. 12 in the Acca Yard in Henrico County, Va.
Sandy had been a member of SMART Transportation Division since February 2009 and worked as a conductor for CSX.
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GoFundMe for Benefit of Ryan's Wife & 5 Children
"Ryan Sandy unexpectedly passed away on October 12, 2020, leaving behind a wife and 5 young children. We are all shocked and saddened by his passing. If you knew Ryan, you’d know how much he touched the lives of everyone around him. It’s now our turn to give back and help his wife and their children as they deal with the loss of their loving husband and father. We are raising money to assist the family in whatever expenses that should arise as the family deals with this tragic loss. Thanks to everyone for your donations!!"
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Killed on railroad job, Monterey firefighter hailed as a humble, brilliant mechanic |
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Warren Thomson, 59, a foreman who worked for the Housatonic Railroad Co. for about 20 years, was killed while laying a section of new track in Canaan, Conn.
He apparently had been working in a blind spot when he was run over by an excavator, according to a report in the Republican-American, a newspaper based in Waterbury, Conn. The call to emergency responders came about 2:45 p.m.
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District Court in Idaho Protects Railroad Amputee’s Rights And Allows the Jury to Determine Whether He Can Work as a Trainman when Union Pacific Tries to Dismiss his Case |
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The United States District Court in Idaho stood up to Union Pacific’s attempt to dismiss the case of railroader, Thomas Campbell. Union Pacific asked the Court to throw out Campbell’s case to work as a trainman with reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The recent decision handed down by the Court on September 4, 2020, concluded that the jury gets to decide if 1) Campbell is a qualified individual, 2) Union Pacific engaged in the interactive process to accommodate Campbell in his position, 3) if a reasonable accommodation is available that would allow Campbell to safely perform the essential functions of the Trainman job, and 4) if Campbell’s employment as a Trainman would pose a direct threat to the safety of others in the workplace.
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Railroad Disability Benefits Appeal Reaches Supreme Court |
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The petitioner in the case, Manfredo Salinas, was hurt on the job while working for Union Pacific Railroad. He’s asking the federal courts to review the Railroad Retirement Board’s refusal to consider his request for the board to reopen his disability benefits case.
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More On The Federal Railways Safety Act’s
180 Day Filing Window
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When exactly does the 180-day window for filing a FRSA complaint with OSHA open and close? And when can equitable tolling keep that window from shutting?
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China increases services with new timetable |
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The new line is 2354km long, with a top speed of 250km/h. The service has an end-to-end journey time of 13h 22min, with eight stops.
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European Parliament approves
2021 Year of Rail proposal
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The proposal was announced in March to support the delivery of its European Green Deal objectives for transport, which calls in particular for accelerating the shift to sustainable and smart mobility. While transport accounts for a quarter of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions, the EU is targeting a 90% reduction by 2050.
As part of the Green Deal, the European Commission (EC) has called for a substantial amount of the 75% of inland freight currently carried by road to be shifted onto rail and inland waterways.
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U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing titled, “Passenger and Freight Rail: The Current Status of the Rail Network and the Track Ahead,” at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 21.
The hearing will examine the current state of the passenger and freight rail network, including impacts of COVID-19 and legislative considerations for surface transportation reauthorization.
Due to current limited access to the Capitol complex, the general public is encouraged to view this hearing via the live stream.
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