PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1976110707 — SULFURIC ACID — PRESTON, KY

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Incident I-1976110707PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1976110707. Incident date: 1976-11-08. Location: PRESTON, KY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RWY CO. Shipper: DU PONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 4000 LGA released. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer. 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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