# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978030910 — XYLENES — NEWARK, NJ

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978030910
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978030910 — XYLENES — NEWARK, NJ
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 1977-05-24
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1977-05-24 in NEWARK, NJ.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978030910.
Incident date: 1977-05-24.
Location: NEWARK, NJ.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: RITTER H R TRUCKING CO INC.
Shipper: TENNECO OIL CO.
Materials: UN1307; XYLENES; hazard class 3; 365 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.
Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device.
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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