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Florida train crew injured during derailment
This past weekened, members of a Florida East Coast Railroad crew were hospitalized after their train derailed. The train was carrying chemcials, and exposure to fumes from hydrochloric acid caused some crew members injury following the train derailment.Accidents such as this fall under FELA. Railroads are required by FELA to provide railroaders with a safe place to work, including providing safe equipment. Tracks are part of the equipment used by railroaders during their day to day work, and if track inspections could have revealed a defect in the rails, then the railroad will be held liable under FELA for the injuries sustained by this train crew as a result of this derailment.
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