PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978050345 — METHANOL — BRYAN, WY

Current as of 1978-04-15 Government source

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Incident I-1978050345PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978050345. Incident date: 1978-04-15. Location: BRYAN, WY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: BORDEN INC. Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 0 released | UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 24666 LGA released. Reported failure causes: 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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