PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998050736 — METHANOL — SPARKS, NV

Current as of 1998-04-24 Government source

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Incident I-1998050736PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998050736. Incident date: 1998-04-24. Location: SPARKS, NV. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: METHANEX CORP. Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 1595 LGA released. How failed: Cracked. 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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