PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2007010075 — PHENOL, MOLTEN — BUCYRUS, OH

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Incident I-2007010075PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2007010075. Incident date: 2006-12-16. Location: BUCYRUS, OH. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Shipper: SUNOCO INC. Materials: UN2312; PHENOL, MOLTEN; hazard class 6.1; 50 LGA released. What failed: Vacuum Relief Valve. How failed: Leaked. 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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