Judge Vacates OSHA Citation in Railcar Injury Case

A federal administrative law judge has vacated an Occupational Safety and Health Administration citation issued to a cold-storage warehouse operator after a railcar unloading accident that left a worker paralyzed. The case stemmed from a March 30, 2023, incident at a La Porte, Texas, facility in which workers were unloading pallets of frozen chicken feet from a refrigerated railcar when stacked boxes weighing 40 to 50 pounds each collapsed onto them. One employee was knocked unconscious, and another suffered catastrophic injuries and was left paralyzed, according to Secretary of Lab...