PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978041308 — SULFURIC ACID, FUMING — CLEVELAND, OH

Current as of 1978-04-13 Government source

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Incident I-1978041308PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978041308. Incident date: 1978-04-13. Location: CLEVELAND, OH. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: REFINERS TRANSPORT & TERMINAL. Shipper: DU PONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO. Materials: UN1831; SULFURIC ACID, FUMING; hazard class 8; 1000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Defective 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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