PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997050477 — METHYL ISOBUTYL CARBINOL — EAST SAINT LOUIS, IL

Current as of 1997-04-16 Government source

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Incident I-1997050477PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997050477. Incident date: 1997-04-16. Location: EAST SAINT LOUIS, IL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: GATEWAY WESTERN RAILWAY. Shipper: ETHYL PETROLEUM ADDITIVES INC. Materials: UN2053; METHYL ISOBUTYL CARBINOL; hazard class 3; 18184 LGA released. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment. 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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