PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2024100158 — STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED — CLEVES, OH

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Incident I-2024100158PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2024100158. Incident date: 2024-09-24. Location: CLEVES, OH. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CENTRAL RAILROAD CO OF INDIANA. Shipper: INEOS STYROLUTION AMERICA LLC. Materials: UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 6094.625 LGA released. What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Non-Reclosing. How failed: Vented. Reported failure causes: Commodity Polymerization. Reported result: Vapor(Gas) Dispersion. 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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