NTSB Chair: Ohio Residents Got "Smoked"
Norfolk Southern chose to shower E. Palestine with toxic smoke instead of waiting to off-load hazardous cargo, NTSB says.

NTSB Chair: Ohio Residents Got "Smoked"

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Jerry Cox

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发布日期: 2024年3月7日
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National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy explained at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on March 6, 2024, that Norfolk-Southern railway company blind-sided emergency responders when they burned off hazmat in derailed tank cars instead of waiting for the cargo to cool down so it could safely be removed. The shipper was on-site but was "left out of the room" when the hazmat incident commander decided to bathe E. Palestine in toxic smoke. U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) suggested Norfolk Southern's top priority was to "facilitate the rapid movement of freight," not the health and safety of local residents. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/06/east-palestine-controlled-burn-avoided/

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Jack Van Steenburg

Principal, CMV Safety Experts, LLC (Retired USDOT/FMCSA Executive)

11 个月

Based on this I assume the HazMat Incident Commander was from Norfolk Southern Railroad? What did IC have to say about his decision? Also assuming local firefighters weren't knowledgeable in HM or at least the chemicals that were impacted? Thanks

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