PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977050169 — SULFURIC ACID — TAFT, LA

Current as of 1977-04-25 Government source

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Incident I-1977050169PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1977050169. Incident date: 1977-04-25. Location: TAFT, LA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: MATLACK INC. Shipper: STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 1500 LGA released. What failed: Hose. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. 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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