PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978020884 — BUTYL ACETATES — RUSSELL, KY

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Incident I-1978020884PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978020884. Incident date: 1978-02-01. Location: RUSSELL, KY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RWY CO. Shipper: UNION CARBIDE CORP. Materials: UN1123; BUTYL ACETATES; hazard class 3; 10295 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. 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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