PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1994050371 — BENZYL CHLORIDE — KENTWOOD, MI

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Incident I-1994050371PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1994050371. Incident date: 1994-03-23. Location: KENTWOOD, MI. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION. Shipper: BALTIC LINES. Materials: UN1738; BENZYL CHLORIDE; hazard class 6.1; 50 LGA released. How failed: Crushed. Reported failure causes: Improper Preparation for Transportation; Inadequate Blocking and Bracing. 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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