PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1996090952 — DICHLOROMETHANE — LAREDO, TX

Current as of 1996-07-17 Government source

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationOfficial agency material

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Incident I-1996090952PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1996090952. Incident date: 1996-07-17. Location: LAREDO, TX. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: R U S TRUCKING CO. Shipper: DOW CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1593; DICHLOROMETHANE; hazard class 6.1; 2500 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident; 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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