# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997090894 — STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED — CORA, IL

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997090894
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997090894 — STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED — CORA, IL
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 1997-08-29
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1997-08-29 in CORA, IL.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997090894.
Incident date: 1997-08-29.
Location: CORA, IL.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
Shipper: REXENE PRODUCTS CO.
Materials: UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 75 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug); Manway or Dome Cover; Piping or Fittings.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
Reported result: Spillage, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion.
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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