PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1976120344 — BARIUM NITRATE — GILMER, TX

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Incident I-1976120344PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1976120344. Incident date: 1976-11-18. Location: GILMER, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP CO. Shipper: FMC CORP. Materials: UN1446; BARIUM NITRATE; hazard class 5.1; 8800 SLB released. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. 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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