# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1991050820 — DICHLOROMETHANE — WHEELING, WV

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1991050820
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1991050820 — DICHLOROMETHANE — WHEELING, WV
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
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- **effective on:** 1991-05-25
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1991-05-25 in WHEELING, WV.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1991050820.
Incident date: 1991-05-25.
Location: WHEELING, WV.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: WASTE CONVERSION INC.
Shipper: CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT INC.
Materials: UN1593; DICHLOROMETHANE; hazard class 6.1; 1 LGA released | UN1897; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; hazard class 6.1; 1 LGA released.
What failed: Basic Material.
How failed: Abraded / Cracked.
Reported failure causes: Corrosion - Exterior.
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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