PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998041038 — METHANOL — BIG BEAVER, PA

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Incident I-1998041038PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998041038. Incident date: 1998-03-20. Location: BIG BEAVER, PA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL. Shipper: DOW CORNING CORP. Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 0 released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Derailment. Reported result: 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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