PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1987030171 — TOLUENE — CORINTH, MS

Current as of 1987-01-31 Government source

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Incident I-1987030171PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1987030171. Incident date: 1987-01-31. Location: CORINTH, MS. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM. Shipper: CELANESE CHEMICAL CO / EXXON CO. Materials: UN1294; TOLUENE; hazard class 3; 20983.5 LGA released | UN1294; TOLUENE; hazard class 3; 4000 LGA released | UN2790; ACETIC ACID SOLUTION, NOT LESS THAN 50 PERCENT BUT NOT MORE THAN 80 PERCENT ACID, BY MASS; hazard class 8; 22318.75 LGA released. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Fire, Temperature, or Heat; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage / 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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