PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2021020039 — METHANOL — BAY CITY, MI

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Incident E-2021020039PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2021020039. Incident date: 2021-01-25. Location: BAY CITY, MI. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: LAKE STATE RAILWAY COMPANY. Shipper: KOCH METHANOL, LLC. Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 174 LGA released. What failed: Manway or Dome Cover. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Human Error. Reported result: Spillage, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion. 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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