PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1980051165 — ETHYL ACETATE — BLUE MOUND, IL

Current as of 1980-05-11 Government source

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Incident I-1980051165PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1980051165. Incident date: 1980-05-11. Location: BLUE MOUND, IL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY CO. Shipper: MONSANTO CO. Materials: UN1173; ETHYL ACETATE; hazard class 3; 1000 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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