PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979030566 — TOLUENE — LINCOLN, IL

Current as of 1979-02-02 Government source

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Incident I-1979030566PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979030566. Incident date: 1979-02-02. Location: LINCOLN, IL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD. Shipper: PETROSAR LTD. Materials: UN1294; TOLUENE; hazard class 3; 609 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device; 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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