PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1999100203 — PHENOL, MOLTEN — PHILADELPHIA, PA

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Incident I-1999100203PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1999100203. Incident date: 1999-09-14. Location: PHILADELPHIA, PA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL. Shipper: SUNOCO INC. Materials: UN2312; PHENOL, MOLTEN; hazard class 6.1; 7500 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Crushed. 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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