Posts Tagged ‘Washington FELA Lawyer’
EVERETT, Wash. – Emergency responders and clean-up crews responded to a BNSF train and tanker truck collision near Paine Field at Everett, Washington on Monday, June 11, where a tanker truck trailer was knocked on its side, spilling fuel.
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Aerial view of railway crossing on Boeing property in Everett, WA that was the site of a collision between a tanker truck and a BNSF train on June 11, 2012.
PASCO, WA – The area around a BNSF train crash and derailment was evacuated after a hazardous material spill in a Pasco, WA rail yard on Monday, November 7, 2011.
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered BNSF Railway Co. to pay more than $300,000 to an employee.
PASCO, WA – According to news reports, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad carrying about 25,000 gallons chemicals, derailed on Sunday, May 15, at around 5:00 p.m. near Pasco, Washington.
BNSF Spokesman Gus Melonas told the media that several freight cars derailed while moving less than 5 mph during a switching operation. Seven cars derailed from the tracks, causing nearly 12,500 gallons of hydrochloric acid onto the ground by 9:30 p.m. No injuries were reported at the time of the incident. ... Read More
LONGVIEW, WA – Three people were killed and a fourth was critically injured when a shuttle van drove through a private railroad crossing in Longview, WA and into an oncoming BNSF freight train on Wednesday, March 23, 2011.
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Shuttle van where 3 people were killed and another critically injured lies in a ditch after collision with BNSF freight train on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Longview, WA.
Two railroad workers were killed and a third was critically injured in the accident. The shuttle van driver was also killed in the accident. ... Read More