PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1987010097 — ACRYLIC ACID, STABILIZED — PUTNAM, TX

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Incident I-1987010097PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1987010097. Incident date: 1986-12-23. Location: PUTNAM, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: BASF CHEMICAL. Materials: UN2218; ACRYLIC ACID, STABILIZED; hazard class 8; 12000 LGA released. How failed: Punctured. 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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