PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1980020952 — VINYL ACETATE, STABILIZED — ELKO, AL

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Incident I-1980020952PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1980020952. Incident date: 1980-01-25. Location: ELKO, AL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM. Shipper: DIAMOND SHAMROCK CORP. Materials: UN1301; VINYL ACETATE, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 200 LGA released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 10000 LGA released. Reported failure causes: 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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