Did you know that under the General Rules of most railroads, you are only required to fill out an accident report? You are NOT required, under the rules, to give the railroad claims agent either a written or tape recorded statement even though they may likely give you the impression that you are. The reason that the railroad and their claims agents are so eager to take a statement from you is that they are asking you questions posed originally by their attorneys for the sole purpose of severely weakening your case while bolstering their own.

Under the Federal Employer's Liability Act which is a specially created statute by the congress of the United States that pertains specifically to railroad workers, the railroad owes a continuing and non-delegable duty to use reasonable care to provide employees with a safe place to work. Additionally, the railroad owes a duty to provide reasonably safe, proper and suitable tools, equipment and machinery to their employees so that they can safely perform their assigned work tasks, a duty to promulgate and enforce safety rules, a duty to provide sufficient help to perform the assigned tasks, a duty to not order workers to perform work beyond their physical capabilities, as well as a duty to warn employees of hazardous and unsafe working conditions.