PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997020208 — STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED — LOUISVILLE, KY

Current as of 1996-12-19 Government source

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationOfficial agency material

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Incident I-1997020208PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997020208. Incident date: 1996-12-19. Location: LOUISVILLE, KY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD. Shipper: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Materials: UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 5500 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment; 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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