PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2020120296 — ORGANIC PEROXIDE TYPE F, LIQUID — SAINT CHARLES, MO

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Incident E-2020120296PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2020120296. Incident date: 2020-11-18. Location: SAINT CHARLES, MO. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: FEDEX FREIGHT, INC.. Shipper: Evonik Degussa. Materials: UN3109; ORGANIC PEROXIDE TYPE F, LIQUID; hazard class 5.2; 300 LGA released. What failed: Body. How failed: Crushed. Reported failure causes: Improper Preparation for Transportation. 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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