PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2013020168 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — SLAUGHTERS, KY

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Incident E-2013020168PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2013020168. Incident date: 2013-01-14. Location: SLAUGHTERS, KY. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Brenntag Mid-South, Inc.. Shipper: Brenntag Mid-South, Inc.. Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 234.75 LGA released. What failed: Gasket. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Fire, Temperature, or Heat. Reported result: Spillage, Fire, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion, 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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