PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2012030269 — CHLORITE SOLUTION — MINDEN, LA

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Incident E-2012030269PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2012030269. Incident date: 2012-03-19. Location: MINDEN, LA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: U.S. XPRESS ENTERPRISES, INC.. Shipper: OUACHITA OIL & STORAGE, INC. dba ERCO Worldwide. Materials: UN1908; CHLORITE SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 150 LGA released. What failed: Body. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Improper 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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