PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1994110339 — METHANOL — CASPER, WY

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Incident I-1994110339PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1994110339. Incident date: 1994-10-13. Location: CASPER, WY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN RR CO. Shipper: METHANEX CORP. Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 17000 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Punctured. 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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