PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979080865 — ACETIC ANHYDRIDE — EDISON, NJ

Current as of 1979-05-16 Government source

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Incident I-1979080865PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979080865. Incident date: 1979-05-16. Location: EDISON, NJ. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: HETEM BROS INC. Shipper: UNION CARBIDE CORP. Materials: UN1715; ACETIC ANHYDRIDE; hazard class 8; 200 LGA released. What failed: Hose. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. 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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