COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO — Two rail conductors who formerly worked for BNSF Railway are suing the train company in Idaho state court, claiming they became ill after being exposed to dangerous materials on the job.
The Coeur d’Alene Press reported that John Hluboky and Hal Chapman filed the lawsuit in First District Court alleging that BNSF Railway is responsible for their cancer and related illnesses. Both were stationed in Hauser, Idaho, for several years, and both now live in Spokane.
According to the lawsuit, Hluboky has colon cancer and Chapman has kidney cancer, and the men say the railroad was negligent when it allowed them to be exposed to diesel fuel and exhaust, benzene, creosote, silica dust, asbestos and other harmful materials on the job.
