PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1983020206 — SODIUM CHLORATE — OAKLAND, ME

Current as of 1983-01-30 Government source

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Incident I-1983020206PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1983020206. Incident date: 1983-01-30. Location: OAKLAND, ME. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: MAINE CENTRAL RR COMPANY. Shipper: STANCHEM (PPG IND OF CANADA). Materials: UN1495; SODIUM CHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 3700 SLB 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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