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OBAMA'S BIG GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS FORCE CLOSURE OF JOB-CREATING PLANT
A chlorine leak at an Axiall Corp. chemical plant in West Virginia caused a shutdown of the facility, the evacuation of nearby communities and the temporary closure of local roads, the chemical company said on Saturday.
The leak has been closed off, Axiall said, and emergency crews are evaluating the area of the discharge. One Axiall employee and a contract worker were transported to nearby hospitals for treatment. Both were treated and released, the company said.
Axiall said a rail tanker car loaded with liquid chlorine developed the leak on Saturday morning inside its Natrium chemical facility, which is located in Marshall County near Proctor, W.Va. The railcar is no longer leaking, but the plant was evacuated and shut down.
Nearby communities in Proctor; Kent, Ohio; and northern New Martinsville, W.Va., were evacuated, the company said, and state highway 7 in Ohio and highway 2 in West Virginia, as well as the Ohio River, were closed to vehicular traffic. In addition, Axiall said, nearby industrial plants were ordered to have their employees shelter in place.
Axiall said later Saturday that state police in Ohio and West Virginia as well as the U.S. Coast Guard had allowed highway and river traffic to resume.
Axiall’s plant in Natrium has had other accidents in the past. One worker died after a chemical explosion, and a steam release injured 11 workers.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chlorine-leak-from-railcar-closes-axiall-corp-chemical-facility-in-west-virginia-1472324313