PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2008040479 — SULFURIC ACID — PHILADELPHIA, PA

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Incident E-2008040479PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2008040479. Incident date: 2008-04-21. Location: PHILADELPHIA, PA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: Savage Services Corporation. Shipper: Marsulex, Inc.. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 250 LGA released. What failed: Liquid Valve. How failed: Failed to Operate. Reported failure causes: Human Error. Reported result: Spillage, Environmental Damage. 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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