NEW: The National Transportation Safety Board will launch an investigation into Norfolk Southern after the derailment last month of a train transporting dangerous chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio.
The agency said it would be looking into the railroad's safety practices and culture.
The announcement came just hours after the railroad said a conductor had been fatally struck at an Ohio steel facility. “Given the number and significance of recent Norfolk Southern accidents, the NTSB also urges the company to take immediate action today to review and assess its safety practices, with the input of employees and others, and implement necessary changes to improve safety,” the agency said in a statement.placed along railroad tracks to spot overheating bearings and other problems in response to the derailment in Ohio last month.
NTSB has said the crew operating the train got a warning from a detector but couldn’t stop the train before more than three dozen cars came off the tracks. Many in the community are afraid and anxious about their exposure to the chemicals and are worried about the quailty of air and drinking water, despite assurances by government officials that they are safe. Some have reported
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