PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1981110568 — PETROLEUM OIL — YELLEPIT, WA

Current as of 1981-10-29 Government source

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Incident I-1981110568PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1981110568. Incident date: 1981-10-29. Location: YELLEPIT, WA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN RR. Shipper: QUAKER STATE OIL. Materials: NA1270; PETROLEUM OIL; hazard class 3; 400 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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