PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2004010273 — DICHLOROMETHANE — ELIZABETHTOWN, NY

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Incident I-2004010273PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2004010273. Incident date: 2003-05-13. Location: ELIZABETHTOWN, NY. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: CANADIAN AMERICAN TRANSP. Shipper: DOW CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1593; DICHLOROMETHANE; hazard class 6.1; 3000 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Cracked. Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. 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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