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OMAHA, NE. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) has ordered Union Pacific to pay $350,000 and reinstate a worker who they say was fired after reporting an injury to the railroad.

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EL PASO, Texas — A Union Pacific train derailed just before noon on Saturday afternoon on Saturday, March 23, in South El Paso, Texas.

Photo shows Union Pacific train derailment in South El Paso Texas on March 23, 2013.

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A train derailment rattled the neighborhood in southwest Bexar County Thursday morning, March 22, after a Union Pacific train derailed causing damage to a family’s home.

A Union Pacific train derailment happened March 22, 2013 in the 7500 block of Old Pearsall Road about 15.7 miles southwest of San Antonio and 2.8 miles notheast of Southwest San Antonio.

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NORTH ZULCH, Texas — A BNSF freight train traveling southbound derailed and collided with a Sanderson Farms chicken truck carrying live chickens in Madison County Texas between North Zulch and Normange. The driver of the truck was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan in stable condition.

A trucker was injured and had to be taken to the hospital following a collision with a BNSF train in North Zulch, TX late Monday night on March 18, 2013. The truck was loaded with live chickens.

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MIDLAND, Texas — According to an article at the San Antonio Express-News, state District Judge Rodney Satterwhite recused himself from a lawsuit centered on a West Texas train crash into a parade that killed four veterans last year. Judge Satterwhite stepped aside without any explanation and did not return a call from The Associated Press Tuesday.

Photo shows Nov. 15, 2012 Show of Support parade float and Union Pacific train crash that caused the death of four military veterans and injured 14 people, Photo credit: James Durbin

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MATTAWAMKEAG, Maine — A Pan Am Railways carrying thousands of gallons of crude oil derailed on Thursday morning, March 7, but luckily less than a cup of oil leaked out of the cars, according to officials.

Thirteen tanker cars of a 96 car Pan Am Railways train carrying 30,000 gallons of crude oil each, derailed in Mattawamkeag, ME while traveling to New Brunswick from North Dakota.

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HOUSTON, Texas — A Union Pacific freight train slammed into a passenger car on Tuesday March 5 on Houston’s south side, sending the driver of the vehicle to the hospital.

A Union Pacific train crashed with a passenger vehicle in Houston, TX on March 5, 2013.

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SEATTLE, Wash. – In an OSHA Regional News release dated Feb 28, 2013, The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has found that Union Pacific Railroad’s Pocatello, Idaho, operations violated the whistle-blower protection provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act and has ordered the railroad to pay more than $309,000 in back wages, benefits, damages and reasonable attorney’s fees to a conductor after determining retaliation for reporting a co-worker’s work-related injury.
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FORT WAYNE, IN. — An OSHA investigation found that a Ft. Wayne crane operator, employed by Norfolk Southern, was wrongfully fired for reporting workplace injuries. OSHA has ordered Norfolk Southern railroad to expunge the disciplinary record of the railroad worker, to reinstate the employee it fired and to pay him nearly $438,000 in damages.
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It’s been more than 100 days since the Nov. 15 Show of Support parade float and train crash that caused the death of four military veterans and injured 14 people, and still the Midland Police Department has not publicly stated the official primary cause of the crash.

Photo shows Nov. 15, 2012 Show of Support parade float and Union Pacific train crash that caused the death of four military veterans and injured 14 people, Photo credit: James Durbin

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