PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1980070447 — COPPER CYANIDE — CAVE CITY, KY

Current as of 1980-06-05 Government source

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Incident I-1980070447PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1980070447. Incident date: 1980-06-05. Location: CAVE CITY, KY. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: GORDONS TRANSPORTS INC. Shipper: DU PONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO. Materials: UN1587; COPPER CYANIDE; hazard class 6.1; 1610 LGA released. Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: 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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