PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2007050041 — SODIUM NITRATE — TACOMA, WA

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Incident E-2007050041PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2007050041. Incident date: 2007-04-25. Location: TACOMA, WA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Werner Enterprises. Shipper: SQM North America Corporation. Materials: UN1498; SODIUM NITRATE; hazard class 5.1; 1000 SLB released. What failed: Basic Material. 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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