# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979111341 — BUTADIENES, STABILIZED OR BUTADIENES AND HYDROCARBON MIXTURE, STABILIZED CONTAINING MORE THAN 40% BUTADIENES — PAXTON, TX

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979111341
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979111341 — BUTADIENES, STABILIZED OR BUTADIENES AND HYDROCARBON MIXTURE, STABILIZED CONTAINING MORE THAN 40% BUTADIENES — PAXTON, TX
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 1979-09-08
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1979-09-08 in PAXTON, TX.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979111341.
Incident date: 1979-09-08.
Location: PAXTON, TX.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP CO.
Shipper: CELANESE CORP / DU PONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO / PETRO CHEM CORP / SHELL CHEMICAL CO.
Materials: UN1010; BUTADIENES, STABILIZED OR BUTADIENES AND HYDROCARBON MIXTURE, STABILIZED CONTAINING MORE THAN 40% BUTADIENES; hazard class 2.1; 33649 LGA released | UN1040; ETHYLENE OXIDE OR ETHYLENE OXIDE WITH NITROGEN UP TO A TOTAL PRESSURE OF 1MPA (10 BAR) AT 50 DEGREES C; hazard class 2.3; 20759 LGA released | UN1052; HYDROGEN FLUORIDE, ANHYDROUS; hazard class 8; 17442 LGA released | UN1089; ACETALDEHYDE; hazard class 3; 20861 LGA released | UN1089; ACETALDEHYDE; hazard class 3; 20876 LGA released | UN1089; ACETALDEHYDE; hazard class 3; 20953 LGA released | UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 20885 LGA released | UN1301; VINYL ACETATE, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 20895 LGA released | UN1917; ETHYL ACRYLATE, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 20976 LGA released | UN1954; COMPRESSED GAS, FLAMMABLE, N.O.S.; hazard class 2.1; 11020 LGA released | UN2056; TETRAHYDROFURAN; hazard class 3; 42718 LGA released.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
Reported result: Spillage, Fire.
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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