# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988080604 — XYLENES — NORMAN, GA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988080604
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988080604 — XYLENES — NORMAN, GA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 1988-08-08
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1988-08-08 in NORMAN, GA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1988080604.
Incident date: 1988-08-08.
Location: NORMAN, GA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION.
Shipper: LYONDELL PETROCHEMICAL.
Materials: UN1307; XYLENES; hazard class 3; 1000 LGA released | UN1307; XYLENES; hazard class 3; 10000 LGA released | UN1307; XYLENES; hazard class 3; 20000 LGA released | UN1307; XYLENES; hazard class 3; 5000 LGA released | UN2582; FERRIC CHLORIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 0 released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings / Basic Material.
How failed: Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage / Loose Closure, Component, or Device; Derailment; Rollover Accident; 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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