PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2019050566 — SODIUM CHLORATE — RITZVILLE, WA

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Incident E-2019050566PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2019050566. Incident date: 2018-03-14. Location: RITZVILLE, WA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. Shipper: ERCO World wide. Materials: UN1495; SODIUM CHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 211622 SLB released. What failed: Body. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage, Fire. 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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