While trains may seem old and outdated, especially as trains as commuter vehicles are dwindling and train travel is virtually non-existent, they are in many ways the lifeblood of the United States.
Virtually everything you eat, wear, drive, and sit on at some point was loaded on a train.
They are the most efficient form of high-density shipping.
However, because of the dangers inherent in a large, delicate piece of machinery, train accidents are a reality and can cause injury to people and damage to property.
Between 2006 and 2009, over 17,000 train company employees have been injured or killed while performing their jobs, according to the Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis.
Trains are fast, powerful, and heavy, and it's not hard to imagine the very real danger that attends to working on them.
If you are injured due to an accident involving a train, you may want to consider hiring an attorney to represent you in a personal injury lawsuit.
Depending on the circumstances of the accident, you could be entitled to compensation money.
But injuries also occur to larger accidents, such as derailings.
When trains come off their tracks, they become an enormous danger not only to the people on board, but also the people around the train, the settlements and towns in the area, and any specialists who have to come and help clean up the accident.
Since train shipping is considerably safer than trucking (because trains are on one track and driver error is not as big an issue), trains occasionally carry explosive or toxic material that can be very dangerous in the event of an accident.
To illustrate this: in June of 2009, a freight train carrying ethanol tanks was derailed near Rockford, Illinois.
Fourteen of the 114 tanks exploded into flames, killing a person at the crossing and injuring several more.
The derailment was caused by a heavy downpour.
In January of 2009, a half-mile radius had to be cleared because of a train derailment that involved tanks full of propane.
While nobody was injured, it certainly illustrates the inherent dangers that go along with shipping dangerous substances.
If you are injured as a result of a train accident, or if a train accident causes the destruction of your property, it may be a good idea to engage the services of a lawyer to represent your claim in court.
The railroad company may be liable, and if so, you are entitled to compensation.
Virtually everything you eat, wear, drive, and sit on at some point was loaded on a train.
They are the most efficient form of high-density shipping.
However, because of the dangers inherent in a large, delicate piece of machinery, train accidents are a reality and can cause injury to people and damage to property.
Between 2006 and 2009, over 17,000 train company employees have been injured or killed while performing their jobs, according to the Federal Railroad Administration Office of Safety Analysis.
Trains are fast, powerful, and heavy, and it's not hard to imagine the very real danger that attends to working on them.
If you are injured due to an accident involving a train, you may want to consider hiring an attorney to represent you in a personal injury lawsuit.
Depending on the circumstances of the accident, you could be entitled to compensation money.
But injuries also occur to larger accidents, such as derailings.
When trains come off their tracks, they become an enormous danger not only to the people on board, but also the people around the train, the settlements and towns in the area, and any specialists who have to come and help clean up the accident.
Since train shipping is considerably safer than trucking (because trains are on one track and driver error is not as big an issue), trains occasionally carry explosive or toxic material that can be very dangerous in the event of an accident.
To illustrate this: in June of 2009, a freight train carrying ethanol tanks was derailed near Rockford, Illinois.
Fourteen of the 114 tanks exploded into flames, killing a person at the crossing and injuring several more.
The derailment was caused by a heavy downpour.
In January of 2009, a half-mile radius had to be cleared because of a train derailment that involved tanks full of propane.
While nobody was injured, it certainly illustrates the inherent dangers that go along with shipping dangerous substances.
If you are injured as a result of a train accident, or if a train accident causes the destruction of your property, it may be a good idea to engage the services of a lawyer to represent your claim in court.
The railroad company may be liable, and if so, you are entitled to compensation.
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