PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1995031185 — BUTANOLS — FORT PAYNE, AL

Current as of 1995-03-09 Government source

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Incident I-1995031185PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1995031185. Incident date: 1995-03-09. Location: FORT PAYNE, AL. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: CENTRAL TRANSPORT INC. Shipper: EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1120; BUTANOLS; hazard class 3; 400 LGA released | UN2369; ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER; hazard class 6.1; 150 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion. 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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