PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977031113 — ETHYL ACETATE — AMHERST, TX

Current as of 1977-03-02 Government source

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Incident I-1977031113PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1977031113. Incident date: 1977-03-02. Location: AMHERST, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: ATCHESON TOPEKA & SANTA FE RY. Shipper: UNION CARBIDE CORP. Materials: UN1173; ETHYL ACETATE; hazard class 3; 8600 LGA released. How failed: Punctured. 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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