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East Palestine: The Forgotten Rail Workers
The trains must go through! As you might imagine, there was quite a mess to clean up in order to get the rail line running again through East …East Palestine: The Forgotten Rail Workers
East Palestine’s Record of Devastating Train Derailments
From the March 2, 1970, edition of the Salem News, via Newspapers.com Tyler Buchanan, author of Axios Columbus Long before the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment exposed East Palestine to hazardous chemicals, residents suffered from a series of devastating rail car derailments that destroyed businesses, ruined local infrastructure and often left the city stuck paying … Continue reading East Palestine’s Record of Devastating Train Derailments
OSHA Headlines – August 10, 2012
OSHA levies $126K fine on Heritage-WTI Youngstown Vindicator OSHA initially came to the facility in December 2011 after a worker was killed by “metal dust deflagration” [combustion] that occurred when he was manually separating the contents of 55-gallon drums containing metal wastes and residue. There was a second ... See all stories on this … Continue reading OSHA Headlines – August 10, 2012
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