PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2021080384 — METHANOL — ARDMORE, OK

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Incident X-2021080384PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2021080384. Incident date: 2021-07-31. Location: ARDMORE, OK. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BNSF Railway Company. Shipper: Mitsubishi International Corporation. Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 30 LGA released. What failed: Flange. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Inadequate Preparation for Transportation. 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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