PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997020547 — DENATURED ALCOHOL — COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA

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Incident I-1997020547PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997020547. Incident date: 1997-01-29. Location: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: CARGILL INC. Materials: NA1987; DENATURED ALCOHOL; hazard class 3; 29000 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment; 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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