PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1986100018 — METHYL ETHYL KETONE — GERRY, KS

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Incident I-1986100018PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1986100018. Incident date: 1986-09-01. Location: GERRY, KS. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: UNION CARBIDE CORP. Materials: UN1193; METHYL ETHYL KETONE; hazard class 3; 5000 LGA 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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