PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2015040547 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — ULYSSES, KS

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Incident E-2015040547PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2015040547. Incident date: 2015-03-31. Location: ULYSSES, KS. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Basic Chemicals Company LLC. Shipper: Basic Chemicals Company LLC. Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 1600 LGA released. What failed: Tank Shell. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Over-pressurized. 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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