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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978101519
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978101519 — ETHYL ACETATE — CLAXTON, KY
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 1978-10-17
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1978-10-17 in CLAXTON, KY.
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PHMSA 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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