PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1990110500 — METHANOL — MARSHVILLE, NC

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Incident I-1990110500PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1990110500. Incident date: 1990-10-11. Location: MARSHVILLE, NC. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION. Shipper: HOECHST-CELANESE CORP. Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 10000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Derailment. 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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