OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Federal inspectors have twice found hundreds of defects in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific uses at the world’s largest railyard in Nebraska, but none of those seem to explain why a shipping container filled with …
REESEVILLE, Wis. (AP) __ Investigators are looking into what caused a freight train to derail outside a small village in south-central Wisconsin. The train derailed just west of the village of Reeseville in Dodge County around 2 p.m. Tuesday. the …
Two workers at a Connecticut chrome plating company were transported to a burn hospital after a process “went awry” and sparked a flash fire that firefighters were still battling hours later, a task made more difficult by the numerous chemicals …
Houston’s lack of zoning restrictions has left many residents with neighbors they don’t want: petrochemical facilities and businesses that handle hazardous materials. That unease was laid bare again last month when a massive explosion leveled a metal fabricating and manufacturing …
Most residents were being allowed to return to the homes they were forced to leave after a train derailment and resulting fires in their small Pennsylvania town, authorities said. Tests on air quality led the railroad CSX, an incident management …
Evacuations remain in effect for residents of a small Pennsylvania town following a freight train derailment. CSX says it’s unclear when residents will be able to return to their homes in Hyndman, Penn., about 100 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The …
California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control says it is suing a glass company for violating recycling laws after it added hazardous waste dust to wine bottles made at its Modesto plant. The department said Monday Gallo Glass Co. failed to …
Washington state lawmakers are considering competing measures that try to address potential risks as more crude oil is shipped by rail into the state. The Senate Ways and Means Committee heard testimony on a mostly Republican-backed bill that would study …
Authorities say it could take up to three weeks to finish moving military propellant into storage at an explosives recycling company that caused the evacuation of a Louisiana town. The town of Doyline was evacuated earlier this month after authorities …
San Mateo County prosecutors are suing a Redwood City construction company they claim illegally dumped five barrels of hazardous materials in a garbage bin. The lawsuit alleges that three sanitation workers were sent to a hospital after the containers exploded …
