PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1981040854 — ETHYLBENZENE — FREEPORT, TX

Current as of 1981-03-12 Government source

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Incident I-1981040854PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1981040854. Incident date: 1981-03-12. Location: FREEPORT, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: DOW CHEM CO. Materials: UN1175; ETHYLBENZENE; hazard class 3; 150 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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