PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2005030192 — STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED — WESTWOOD, CA

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Incident I-2005030192PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2005030192. Incident date: 2005-01-23. Location: WESTWOOD, CA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE. Shipper: SHELL CHEMICALS CANADA LTD. Materials: UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 1 LGA released. What failed: Vacuum Relief Valve. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Over-pressurized. 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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