PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1986090267 — METHANOL — LAS VEGAS, NM

Current as of 1986-08-27 Government source

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Incident I-1986090267PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1986090267. Incident date: 1986-08-27. Location: LAS VEGAS, NM. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: ATCHISON TOPEKA & SANTA FE RY. Shipper: TENNECO CHEMICALS INC. Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 7000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. 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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