PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2007010790 — METHANOL — SELKIRK, NY

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Incident I-2007010790PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2007010790. Incident date: 2007-01-04. Location: SELKIRK, NY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION INC. Shipper: SABIC AMERICAS INC.. Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 18871 LGA released. What failed: Tank Head. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage; Human Error. Reported result: Spillage, Fire, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer. 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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