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Norfolk Southern CEO Apologizes to Ohio Residents, Vows to ‘Do What’s Right’
Feb 23 2023 // Norfolk Southern NSC.N will take responsibility for cleaning up the environmental damage from this month’s train derailment and controlled detonation of hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio, its chief...
Explosion at Ohio Metals Plant Kills 1 Worker, Injures More Than a Dozen
Feb 22 2023 // OAKWOOD VILLAGE, Ohio (AP) – A maintenance worker was killed in explosion at an Ohio metals plant that sparked a large fire and sent more than a dozen people to hospitals, with at least two in critical condition,...
Norfolk Southern Ordered to Clean Polluted Ohio Derailment Site
Feb 22 2023 // The U.S. government on Tuesday ordered rail operator Norfolk Southern Corp. to clean up contaminated soil and water at the site of a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and to attend all public meetings with local...
Ohio Tool Manufacturer Fined $164K After Worker’s Thumb Amputated
Feb 21 2023 // In less than two years, three workers at a leading tool manufacturer in Barberton suffered injuries from unguarded machinery. The latest injury occurred on Oct. 26, 2022, when a worker suffered a left thumb amputation...
Train Derailments in Michigan, Ohio Have Similar Risks, Different Outcomes
Feb 21 2023 // TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – Police Chief Jason Wright feared the worst as he rushed to the scene of a freight train derailment in Michigan’s Van Buren Township, mindful of a fiery rail crash this month in Ohio that...
Jeers, Boos From Ohio Residents Enraged by Toxic Train Spill
Feb 17 2023 // EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – Residents of the Ohio village upended by a freight train derailment packed a gymnasium demanding reassurances after toxic chemicals spilled and burned in a huge plume over their homes and...
Ohio’s DNA Diagnostics Settles $200K Fine Over Data Breach
Feb 17 2023 // Ohio and Pennsylvania have negotiated agreements with DNA Diagnostics Center – a Fairfield, Ohio, company that provides paternity and other DNA testing – over a 2021 data breach that compromised the personal...
Angry Ohio Residents Seek Answers on Train’s Toxic Spill
Feb 16 2023 // Hundreds of irate residents of the Ohio town where a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals packed into a high school gym on Wednesday, seeking answers to what health dangers they face. East Palestine Mayor Trent...
Ohio Train Derailment Prompts West Virginia Utility to Take Water Safety Steps
Feb 14 2023 // A West Virginia water utility is enhancing its water treatment process as a precaution following the derailment of a train hauling chemicals that later sent up a toxic plume in Ohio. West Virginia American Water said...
Lawsuit Seeks Medical Testing After Toxic Train Derailment in Ohio
Feb 13 2023 // EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – Residents who filed a federal lawsuit in the fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals along the Ohio-Pennsylvania line are seeking to force Norfolk Southern to set up health...
Ohio Residents Can Return After Air Deemed Safe from Derailment
Feb 10 2023 // Evacuated residents can safely return to the Ohio village where crews burned toxic chemicals after a train derailed five days ago near the Pennsylvania state line, East Palestine Fire Chief Keith Drabick said. Authorities...
Ohio’s Branch to Launch Condo Insurance
Feb 9 2023 // Branch, a full-stack insurance company, announced it has launched condo insurance, expanding its list of instantly bindable products. Condo joins Branch’s existing arsenal of home, auto, renters, and umbrella...
Ohio Residents Worry About Going Home, Toxic Gas From Derailment
Feb 9 2023 // EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – Brittany Dailey stood outside her hotel watching black smoke darken the sky 10 miles to the east as crews burned toxic chemicals from tanker cars that derailed just down the street from her...
Ohio Residents Kept Out as Air Checked Near Derailed Train
Feb 8 2023 // EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – It’s unclear when evacuated residents might be able to return home to the area where officials released and burned toxic chemicals from the wreckage of a derailed train, Ohio Gov. Mike...
Ruff Ruling for Nationwide: Ohio Court Says Insurer Must Cover Canine Bite
Feb 8 2023 // An Ohio Court of Appeals panel said that Nationwide must indemnify a canine owner whose bulldog bit a passer-by, ruling that a policy exclusion barring coverage for bodily injury for a dog with a prior history of attacking...
Sheriff: Toxic Gas Release Likely From Ohio Train Derailment
Feb 7 2023 // EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – Authorities were threatening to arrest anyone who doesn’t leave an evacuation zone near the smoldering wreckage of an Ohio train derailment near the Pennsylvania state line and warned...
Ohio 50-Car Train Derailment Causes Fire, Evacuations
Feb 6 2023 // EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) – A freight train derailment in Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line left a mangled and charred mass of boxcars and flames Saturday as authorities launched a federal investigation and monitored...
$225K Settlement Ends Police Brutality Suit in Ohio’s Largest City
Feb 1 2023 // COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ Officials in Ohio’s largest city have reached a $225,000 settlement with a man who said police officers used improper force during a 2017 arrest. The Columbus City Council voted unanimously...
OSHA Fines 2 Ohio Metal Casting Facilities For Mixing Water And Molten Material
Jan 26 2023 // With proper training, people working in metal casting facilities know that mixing water and molten material can be a serious, if not deadly mistake, as tragic incidents at two Ohio companies in 2022 showed. On July 10, the...
Ohio Dollar General Fined $395K for Hazardous Workplace Conditions
Jan 25 2023 // Following yet another inspection – this time at a West Lafayette, Ohio, Dollar General location – federal investigators found one of the nation’s largest discount retailers continues to shelve serious safety...
