PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2012030291 — TETRACHLOROETHYLENE — BEAUMONT, TX

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Incident E-2012030291PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2012030291. Incident date: 2012-03-06. Location: BEAUMONT, TX. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Best Transportation Services Inc.. Shipper: PPG Industries. Materials: UN1897; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; hazard class 6.1; 20 LGA released. What failed: Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug). How failed: Crushed. Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage. Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.#

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