PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978020308 — METHANOL — GIBBSTOWN, NJ

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Incident I-1978020308PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978020308. Incident date: 1978-02-01. Location: GIBBSTOWN, NJ. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: MATLACK INC. Shipper: DU PONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO. Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 200 LGA released. What failed: Weld or Seam. 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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