PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979030283 — ETHYL ACRYLATE, STABILIZED — ARGO, IL

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Incident I-1979030283PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979030283. Incident date: 1979-02-07. Location: ARGO, IL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD. Shipper: CELANESE CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1917; ETHYL ACRYLATE, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 20000 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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