PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2001010669 — METHANOL — HARRISON, TX

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Incident I-2001010669PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2001010669. Incident date: 2000-11-13. Location: HARRISON, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: EQUISTAR CHEMICAL LP. Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 4000 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage, Environmental Damage. 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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