Do North Carolina (NC) Railroad Workers Who Get Hurt on the Job Get Workers’ Compensation?
No. The employees of the major railroads in North Carolina like Norfolk Southern (NS), CSXT, and Amtrak do not get workers’ compensation if they are injured during their work but instead have a right to sue their company under a special federal law called the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA). Our law firm regularly serves as FELA injury attorneys in North Carolina (NC) for various railroad crafts including train crews like conductors and engineers, Carmen, car inspectors, and maintenance of way workers like machine operators and trackmen/laborers. Northeast North Carolina is a very busy place for trains especially in the Roanoke Rapids/Weldon and Rocky Mount areas. The FELA law allows the injured worker to make a claim against the railroad company if it or any of its agents and employees were careless in causing the worker to be hurt or killed. The law applies in North Carolina and applies instead of regular North Carolina workers’ compensation law. If the employee can show that
