PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1996071151 — METHANOL — WORCESTER, MD

Current as of 1996-05-16 Government source

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Incident I-1996071151PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1996071151. Incident date: 1996-05-16. Location: WORCESTER, MD. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: SOUTHERN CORP. Shipper: INTERCOASTAL DIV CHEMESCO. Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 827 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. 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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