These risk-shifting provisions are currently being tested in two lawsuits filed by Granite employees. On Nov. 13, 2024, worker Christopher Valente sued CSXT and TranSystems, claiming he was injured on May 23, 2024, when a crane lost control of its load and struck him while he was working on the project, CSXT documents say. A second lawsuit was filed on January 16, 2025 by worker Henry Ipema, alleging that he fell from the platform on December 20, 2023 due to inadequate and unsafe fall protection tethers while working on the same project. CSXT has filed responses denying liability in both cases.
