Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner have offered high praise for the new train safety standards that were released by the Department of Transportation this week. Both senators had called for federal regulators to speed the development of train safety rules after an oil train derailment in Lynchburg, Virginia (VA), which caused 17 CSX cars…
Jeremy Evans filed a suit against a pipeline construction company after Mr. Evans was hit by a company vehicle and sustained serious injuries. Back in December of 2013, the employee of General Pipeline Construction Inc. struck Mr. Evans when the company driver veered left of the center line and collided with Mr. Evans’ vehicle. Mr….
On July 12, what started out as a tip about an alleged North Carolina criminal’s whereabouts ended as a multi-car crash in Huntersville that injured six people, as reported by charlotteobserver.com and WXII12.com. According to WXII12.com, police were acting on a tip that a man wanted for several charges was staying at a…
Conditions in Eagle Mine 3 are perilous. The United States Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) conducted a regular impact inspection on June 24, 2014, at Eagle Mine 3, operated by Rhino Eastern LLC, in Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was during this inspection that MSHA found 38 violations and issued citations for equipment condition…
Source: Washington Post On July 2, one of the last community meetings was held in Washington D.C., where residents from the Navy Yard congregated in the Capitol Skyline Hotel and sat shoulder to shoulder to utter their concerns. CSX denied a resident’s request to legally document their claim that they would not transport hazardous materials…