PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977081226 — POTASSIUM NITRATE — LATHROP, CA

Current as of 1977-07-11 Government source

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Incident I-1977081226PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1977081226. Incident date: 1977-07-11. Location: LATHROP, CA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP CO. Shipper: VICKSBURG CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1486; POTASSIUM NITRATE; hazard class 5.1; 2600 SLB released. How failed: Punctured. 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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