The National Transportation Safety Board has opened a special investigation into Norfolk Southern after recent derailments in Ohio.
"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
, with the input of employees and others, and implement necessary changes to improve safety," the NTSB said in a statement.The news comes before Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw Thursday before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to address potential threats to public health and the environment resulting from the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment last month.about a variety of issues stemming from that derailment.
"What did they do well? What did they do badly? What are they doing to address things that they botched? What are they doing since the incident occurred in order to make people feel cared for, cared about?" Carper told CNBC. "When we walk out of there, I want to make sure that Norfolk Southern is doing what they need to do to make this right.
The NTSB has launched investigations into five accidents involving Norfolk Southern, including the death of a Norfolk Southern conductor Tuesday morning in Cleveland after a dump truck collided with a train at a steel facility. The conductor, who was identified as Louis Shuster, was struck when a dump truck carrying limestone collided with the side of the train's first car,
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