Curtis Bay residents have filed a class action suit against CSX Transportation, alleging that the railroad company operated its waterfront coal terminal negligently, leading to the December 30, 2021 explosion that subjected residents of this South Baltimore community to potentially lethal levels of coal dust.
The dust that migrated across the area included “dangerous and/or carcinogenic substances including lead, arsenic, silica and/or particulate matter,” according to the 12-page complaint filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.
The explosion, which blanketed cars and backyards with grit and sent up a plume visible for miles around, was caused by the facility’s “inadequate staffing, management, oversight, maintenance and operation, and failure to comply with stated permit requirements and conditions,” the suit says.
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