PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2014080436 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — CHICAGO, IL

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Incident E-2014080436PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2014080436. Incident date: 2014-08-06. Location: CHICAGO, IL. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Quality Carriers Inc. Shipper: Bayer Material Science LLC. Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 305 LGA released. What failed: Valve Body. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. 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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