PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2014100882 — ETHYL CHLORIDE — BATON ROUGE, LA

Current as of 2014-09-25 Government source

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Incident E-2014100882PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2014100882. Incident date: 2014-09-25. Location: BATON ROUGE, LA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Trimac. Shipper: Axiall Crporation. Materials: UN1037; ETHYL CHLORIDE; hazard class 2.1; 150 LGA released. What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Non-Reclosing. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. Reported result: Vapor(Gas) Dispersion. 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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