PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979061194 — CALCIUM CARBIDE — DECATUR, AL

Current as of 1978-12-22 Government source

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Incident I-1979061194PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979061194. Incident date: 1978-12-22. Location: DECATUR, AL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM. Shipper: MIDWEST CARBIDE CORPORATION. Materials: UN1402; CALCIUM CARBIDE; hazard class 4.4; 12000 SLB released. What failed: Basic Material. 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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