PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017050534 — SODIUM CHLORATE — PELL CITY, AL

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Incident E-2017050534PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2017050534. Incident date: 2017-05-19. Location: PELL CITY, AL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: Norfolk Southern Railway. Shipper: AKZO NOBEL PULP & PERFORMANCE / Akzo Nobel Pulp and Performance. Materials: UN1495; SODIUM CHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 60000 SLB released | UN1495; SODIUM CHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 80000 SLB released. What failed: Body. How failed: Ripped or Torn. Reported failure causes: Derailment. 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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