PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997010935 — TOLUENE — NEW ALBANY, IN

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Incident I-1997010935PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997010935. Incident date: 1996-06-05. Location: NEW ALBANY, IN. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: USHER TRANSPORT INC. Shipper: ASHLAND CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1294; TOLUENE; hazard class 3; 1000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device; Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage, Environmental Damage. 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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