PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018100360 — STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED — PINE BLUFF, AR

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Incident E-2018100360PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2018100360. Incident date: 2018-10-06. Location: PINE BLUFF, AR. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. Shipper: Westlake Chemical. Materials: UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 10 LGA released. What failed: Vacuum Relief Valve. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Derailment. 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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