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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997030894
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997030894 — BENZENE — CHICAGO, IL
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 1997-02-22
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1997-02-22 in CHICAGO, IL.
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PHMSA 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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