PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2023020206 — ACETIC ANHYDRIDE — KEATCHIE, LA

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Incident X-2023020206PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2023020206. Incident date: 2023-01-27. Location: KEATCHIE, LA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. Shipper: Eastman Chemical. Materials: UN1715; ACETIC ANHYDRIDE; hazard class 8; 11713 LGA released | UN3463; PROPIONIC ACID WITH NOT LESS THAN 90% ACID BY MASS; hazard class 8; 200 LGA released | UN3463; PROPIONIC ACID WITH NOT LESS THAN 90% ACID BY MASS; hazard class 8; 50 LGA released. What failed: Air Inlet; Liquid Valve. How failed: Leaked; Leaked. Reported failure causes: Derailment; 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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