PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978101519 — ETHYL ACETATE — CLAXTON, KY

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Incident I-1978101519PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978101519. Incident date: 1978-10-17. Location: CLAXTON, KY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD. Shipper: ROHM & HAAS CO. Materials: UN1173; ETHYL ACETATE; hazard class 3; 60000 SLB released. How failed: Punctured. 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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