PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977090825 — AMMONIA ANHYDROUS — PULLMAN, WA

Current as of 1977-09-05 Government source

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Incident I-1977090825PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1977090825. Incident date: 1977-09-05. Location: PULLMAN, WA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC. Shipper: PHILLIPS PACIFIC CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.2; 3000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device. 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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