PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1985040416 — BUTYL ACETATES — ORWELL, VT

Current as of 1985-03-28 Government source

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Incident I-1985040416PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1985040416. Incident date: 1985-03-28. Location: ORWELL, VT. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: APGAR BROS. Shipper: UNION CARBIDE CORP. Materials: UN1123; BUTYL ACETATES; hazard class 3; 1700 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device; 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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