PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978031057 — COPPER CYANIDE — AT SEA

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Incident I-1978031057PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978031057. Incident date: 1978-02-18. Location: AT SEA. Mode: Water. Carrier/reporter: TRANS FREIGHT LINES. Shipper: BIRKART JOHANN / BOAS A RICHARD & CO / PATRIOT SPED GES GROSS & CO / SCHARBAU & CO / WARBURG F DEAN LTD. Materials: UN1587; COPPER CYANIDE; hazard class 6.1; 19200 SLB released | UN1760; CORROSIVE LIQUIDS, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 6050 SLB released | UN1866; RESIN SOLUTION, FLAMMABLE; hazard class 3; 290 SLB released | UN1956; COMPRESSED GAS, N.O.S; hazard class 2.2; 450 SLB released | UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 8155 SLB released | UN2036; XENON, COMPRESSED; hazard class 2.2; 376 SLB released. Reported failure causes: Inadequate Blocking and Bracing. 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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