PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1994091331 — VINYL ACETATE, STABILIZED — MENTOR, OH

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Incident I-1994091331PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1994091331. Incident date: 1994-08-17. Location: MENTOR, OH. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL. Shipper: QUANTUM CHEM. Materials: UN1301; VINYL ACETATE, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 12000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Ripped or Torn. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident. 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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