PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979010268 — ACETIC ANHYDRIDE — HAMLET, IN

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Incident I-1979010268PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979010268. Incident date: 1978-12-18. Location: HAMLET, IN. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL. Shipper: CELANESE CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1715; ACETIC ANHYDRIDE; hazard class 8; 10214 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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