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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978031057
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978031057 — COPPER CYANIDE — AT SEA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 1978-02-18
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1978-02-18 in AT SEA.
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PHMSA 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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