PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978050650 — VINYL ACETATE, STABILIZED — LANE CITY, TX

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Incident I-1978050650PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978050650. Incident date: 1978-05-05. Location: LANE CITY, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: ATCHESON TOPEKA & SANTA FE RY. Shipper: CELANESE CORP. Materials: UN1301; VINYL ACETATE, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 300 LGA released. 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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