PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1996100870 — AMMONIA ANHYDROUS — LYONS, NY

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Incident I-1996100870PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1996100870. Incident date: 1996-09-26. Location: LYONS, NY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL. Shipper: TERRA INTERNATIONAL. Materials: UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.2; 437.5 LGA released. Reported failure causes: Inadequate Blocking and Bracing. 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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