PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1987040343 — VINYL ACETATE, STABILIZED — CLEVELAND, TX

Current as of 1987-02-27 Government source

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Incident I-1987040343PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1987040343. Incident date: 1987-02-27. Location: CLEVELAND, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP CO. Shipper: OLIN CORP / U S INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL. Materials: UN1301; VINYL ACETATE, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 20000 LGA released | UN2078; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE; hazard class 6.1; 19500 LGA released | UN2831; 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE; hazard class 6.1; 20000 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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