# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977020003 — ETHYLENE OXIDE OR ETHYLENE OXIDE WITH NITROGEN UP TO A TOTAL PRESSURE OF 1MPA (10 BAR) AT 50 DEGREES C — HANOVER, OH

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977020003
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977020003 — ETHYLENE OXIDE OR ETHYLENE OXIDE WITH NITROGEN UP TO A TOTAL PRESSURE OF 1MPA (10 BAR) AT 50 DEGREES C — HANOVER, OH
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 1977-01-22
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1977-01-22 in HANOVER, OH.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1977020003.
Incident date: 1977-01-22.
Location: HANOVER, OH.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL.
Shipper: CELANESE CHEMICAL CO.
Materials: UN1040; ETHYLENE OXIDE OR ETHYLENE OXIDE WITH NITROGEN UP TO A TOTAL PRESSURE OF 1MPA (10 BAR) AT 50 DEGREES C; hazard class 2.3; 20000 LGA released | UN1089; ACETALDEHYDE; hazard class 3; 20000 LGA released | UN1917; ETHYL ACRYLATE, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 20000 LGA released.
How failed: Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Fire, Temperature, or Heat; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage / Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
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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