PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979040970 — TETRAHYDROFURAN — SOMERVILLE, MA

Current as of 1979-03-24 Government source

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Incident I-1979040970PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979040970. Incident date: 1979-03-24. Location: SOMERVILLE, MA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BOSTON & MAINE CORP. Shipper: QUAKER OATS CO. Materials: UN2056; TETRAHYDROFURAN; hazard class 3; 130 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. 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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