Both truck and rail companies must follow regulations that require the proper classification, packaging and labeling of hazardous materials. The symbols on these labels let handlers and emergency ...

A comptroller’s audit, released Wednesday morning, found Orange County Utilities carelessly mishandled hazardous materials in its workplaces, posing potentially unsafe conditions for employees.

In that Feb. 3 incident, 38 cars of a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous materials left the tracks, resulting in a spill of potentially health-harming vinyl chloride and other ...