# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988080522 — ACETALDEHYDE — BRAZORIA, TX

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988080522
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988080522 — ACETALDEHYDE — BRAZORIA, TX
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 1988-08-02
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1988-08-02 in BRAZORIA, TX.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1988080522.
Incident date: 1988-08-02.
Location: BRAZORIA, TX.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
Shipper: CELANESE CHEMICAL CO.
Materials: UN1089; ACETALDEHYDE; hazard class 3; 21300 LGA released | UN1089; ACETALDEHYDE; hazard class 3; 21317 LGA released | UN1089; ACETALDEHYDE; hazard class 3; 30000 LGA released | UN1089; ACETALDEHYDE; hazard class 3; 30001 LGA released | UN1089; ACETALDEHYDE; hazard class 3; 30660 LGA released.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Fire, Temperature, or Heat; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage / Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
Reported result: Fire.
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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