PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998080423 — DIISOBUTYL KETONE — NIOTA, IL

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Incident I-1998080423PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998080423. Incident date: 1998-06-27. Location: NIOTA, IL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE. Shipper: CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS / NOT REPORTED BY CARRIER / UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. Materials: UN1157; DIISOBUTYL KETONE; hazard class 3; 5.63 LGA released | UN1268; PETROLEUM DISTILLATES, N.O.S. OR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 5.75 LGA released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 2 LGA released | UN1915; CYCLOHEXANONE; hazard class 3; 7.75 LGA released | UN1993; FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 54.630001 LGA released | UN1993; FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 7.88 LGA released | UN2031; NITRIC ACID OTHER THAN RED FUMING, WITH AT LEAST 65 PERCENT, BUT NOT MORE THAN 70 PERCENT NITRIC ACID; hazard class 8; 0.006604 LGA released | UN3295; HYDROCARBONS, LIQUID, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 0 released. What failed: Basic Material. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident. Reported result: Fire. 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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