National Transportation Safety Board: Safety Recommendation

摘要

The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent Federal agency charged by Congress with investigating transportation accidents, determining their probable causes, and making recommendations to prevent similar accidents from occurring. We are providing the following information to urge you to take action on the safety recommendations in this letter. The Safety Board is vitally interested in these recommendations because they are designed to prevent accidents and save lives. The recommendations address CSX's inadequate record-keeping procedures with respect to maintenance and inspection activities in the Howard Street Tunnel and the inadequate interaction between CSX and the city of Baltimore on construction and maintenance activities in and near the Howard Street Tunnel. The recommendations are derived from the Safety Board's investigation of the railroad accident involving hazardous materials that took place when a CSX freight train derailed in the Howard Street Tunnel and released a hazardous material, resulting in a fire in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 18, 2001, and are consistent with the evidence we found and the analysis we performed. As a result of this investigation, the Safety Board has issued four safety recommendations, two of which are addressed to CSX. Information supporting the recommendations is provided below. The Safety Board would appreciate a response from you within 90 days addressing the actions you have taken or intend to take to implement our recommendations.