PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1985100220 — METHYL ETHYL KETONE — BEDFORD, OH

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Incident I-1985100220PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1985100220. Incident date: 1985-09-25. Location: BEDFORD, OH. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL. Shipper: UNION CARBIDE CORP. Materials: UN1193; METHYL ETHYL KETONE; hazard class 3; 10000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device; Vandalism. 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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