What does a railroad or shipyard have to do with Benzene? Other than the fact that benzene is found in many products there, the answer is FELA.  FELA is the Federal Labor and Employment Act.  This act basically is the workers compensation law that governs these workers.  FELA gives many workers the right to pursue a workers comp claim by using a lawsuit instead of the usual administrative state workers comp system.

If you are a shipyard or railroad worker this law basically gives you another option.  And using FELA is often to your advantage.

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