The National Transportation Safety Board launched a team to investigate the breach of a rail tank-car and the subsequent release of 17,000 gallons of chlorine Saturday at a facility in New Martinsville, W. Va.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has launched a team to investigate the breach of a rail tank-car and the subsequent release of 17,000 gallons of chlorine Saturday at a facility in New Martinsville, W. Va.
The tank car is owned by Axiall Corp.
NTSB investigators are examining the tank-car, gathering relevant documents, interviewing personnel involved in loading, reviewing tank-car loading procedures, identifying materials to be removed for metallurgical examination and preparing to ship the fractured section of the conveyance to the NTSB headquarters in Washington.
