Injured Worker Says Railroad Ordered Groundsmen To Engage In Unsafe Practices

(November 19, 2020, 1:54 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — A contract employee sued a railway company in an Illinois court on Nov. 16 over severe injuries he sustained after falling off a sideloader crane, which then ran over him.  He alleges that supervisors ordered groundsmen to hitch rides on heavy machinery, despite policies prohibiting the practice (Ernest Staggers Jr. v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., No. 2020L012223, Ill. Cir., Cook Co.)....

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