PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000051461 — ETHYLBENZENE — LONG BEACH, CA

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Incident I-2000051461PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2000051461. Incident date: 2000-04-04. Location: LONG BEACH, CA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: MOL INTERMODAL INC. Materials: UN1175; ETHYLBENZENE; hazard class 3; 140 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Abraded. Reported failure causes: Improper Preparation for Transportation; Inadequate Blocking and Bracing. 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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