PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997030894 — BENZENE — CHICAGO, IL

Current as of 1997-02-22 Government source

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Incident I-1997030894PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997030894. Incident date: 1997-02-22. Location: CHICAGO, IL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD. Shipper: B P CHEMICALS. Materials: UN1114; BENZENE; hazard class 3; 1628 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Hose; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Cracked. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident. 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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