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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1987030171
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1987030171 — TOLUENE — CORINTH, MS
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 1987-01-31
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1987-01-31 in CORINTH, MS.
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PHMSA 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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