May 1, 2023 | CN, Fatality, Headlines
(Source: CTV News, April 28, 2023) Authorities are investigating after a “fatal incident” occurred on Canadian National Railway (CN) property in Montreal’s east end. An employee is said to have died during the incident, which took place in...
April 28, 2023 | AFL-CIO, Fatality, Headlines
(Source: Cap Times, April 27, 2023) The country’s largest labor union is calling for stronger safety protections for workers after a new report found more than 5,000 people died on the job in 2021, including 105 in Wisconsin. The AFL-CIO details the findings in the...
April 28, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WJW, April 27, 2023) The dump truck driver involved in the March 7 accident that killed Norfolk Southern conductor and BLET member Louis Shuster pleaded not guilty on Thursday morning. Full story: www.fox8.com
April 24, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NS
(Source: Fox 8 News, April 14, 2023) The FOX 8 I-Team has found a dump truck driver charged with aggravated vehicular homicide for a crash last month in Cleveland that killed a train conductor, BLET member Louis Shuster. Police have filed a charge against Ryan...
April 24, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NTSB, UP
(Source: Trains Magazine, April 21, 2023) The use of a piece of maintenance-of-way equipment to move steel grating panels, with an attachment not designed for that purpose, was the probable cause of a September 2021 fatality involving a contract worker on the Union...
March 22, 2023 | Derailment, Fatality, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Freight Waves, March 21, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board released two preliminary reports Monday that describe the events surrounding two separate incidents involving Norfolk Southern trains. The first incident occurred on March 9 in Alabama....
March 20, 2023 | 2-man Crews, East Palestine-NS, Fatality, Legislation, News, NS, Railroad Safety
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 20 — With the Norfolk Southern Rail Yard in Cleveland as a backdrop and leaders of the BLET by his side, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) held a news conference Monday calling for passage of the bipartisan Railway Safety Act of 2023. The...
March 16, 2023 | Fatality, Headlines, NS
(Source: www.al.com, March 15, 2023) An Alabama woman is suing Norfolk Southern over the death of her husband, who was killed on the job while working as a conductor trainee in Bessemer last year. Full story: www.al.com
March 10, 2023 | Fatality, News, NS
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 10 — Services for late BLET member Louis P. Shuster will be held next week. Brother Shuster, who served the BLET as President of Division 607 (Cleveland), was killed while working for Norfolk Southern on March 7. Brother Shuster was the...
March 8, 2023 | East Palestine-NS, Fatality, FRA, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Associated Press, March 7, 2023 Federal investigators are opening a wide-ranging investigation into one of the nation’s biggest railroads following a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month and several other accidents involving Norfolk...
