PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1982090309 — ETHYL ACETATE — FENTON, MI

Current as of 1982-08-29 Government source

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Incident I-1982090309PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1982090309. Incident date: 1982-08-29. Location: FENTON, MI. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RR COMPANY. Shipper: MONSANTO CORPORATION-TRENTON. Materials: UN1173; ETHYL ACETATE; hazard class 3; 150 LGA released. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident; 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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