PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1990010104 — DICHLOROMETHANE — WICHITA, KS

Current as of 1989-11-07 Government source

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Incident I-1990010104PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1990010104. Incident date: 1989-11-07. Location: WICHITA, KS. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: VULCAN MATERIALS CO. Materials: UN1593; DICHLOROMETHANE; hazard class 6.1; 495 LGA released | UN1823; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID; hazard class 8; 500 SLB released. What failed: Basic Material. 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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