# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1976110257 — ACETALDEHYDE — NOME, TX

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1976110257
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1976110257 — ACETALDEHYDE — NOME, TX
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 1976-08-20
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1976-08-20 in NOME, TX.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1976110257.
Incident date: 1976-08-20.
Location: NOME, TX.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP CO.
Shipper: CELANESE CHEMICAL CO.
Materials: UN1089; ACETALDEHYDE; hazard class 3; 26400 LGA released.
How failed: Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Inadequate Blocking and Bracing.
Reported result: Spillage, Fire.
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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