PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1992090458 — STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED — POPLAR BLUFF, MO

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Incident I-1992090458PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1992090458. Incident date: 1992-08-02. Location: POPLAR BLUFF, MO. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: RESCAR INC. Materials: UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 1000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Fire, Temperature, or Heat. Reported result: Spillage, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion, Environmental Damage. 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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