PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000050629 — VINYL ACETATE, STABILIZED — YAMPAI, AZ

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Incident I-2000050629PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2000050629. Incident date: 2000-04-22. Location: YAMPAI, AZ. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE. Shipper: UNION CARBIDE CORP. Materials: UN1301; VINYL ACETATE, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 1166.25 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings. 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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