Even though the railroad industry would like you think otherwise, working on the railroad continues to be a very dangerous job.
The Federal Railroad Administration continues to track fatalities and injuries of railroad workers and the numbers continue to surpass the average occupation(although the injuries seemed to have gone down over the years). The Federal Employers Liability Act affords railroad employees the right to recover damages for an injury incurred in interstate commerce where the injury results in whole or part from the negligence of any employees of the railroad or because of any defect due to negligence with the rail cars, tracks, roadbeds,machinery or other equipment.