PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977120832 — AMMONIA ANHYDROUS — ORLEANS ROAD, WV

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Incident I-1977120832PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1977120832. Incident date: 1977-11-28. Location: ORLEANS ROAD, WV. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. Shipper: VISTRON CORP. Materials: UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.2; 32000 LGA released. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage, Explosion. 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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