PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978040955 — SULFURIC ACID — GEISMAR, LA

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Incident I-1978040955PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978040955. Incident date: 1978-04-01. Location: GEISMAR, LA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: GROENDYKE TRANSPORT INC. Shipper: DU PONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 700 LGA released. What failed: Hose. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. 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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