PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1976120005 — ACETALDEHYDE — EAST SHOHOLA, NY

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Incident I-1976120005PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1976120005. Incident date: 1976-11-07. Location: EAST SHOHOLA, NY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL. Shipper: CELANESE CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1089; ACETALDEHYDE; hazard class 3; 4470 LGA released. Reported failure causes: Derailment; 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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