PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978080033 — ACID, LIQUID, N.O.S. — DANVILLE, KY

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Incident I-1978080033PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978080033. Incident date: 1978-07-09. Location: DANVILLE, KY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM. Shipper: MC LOUTH STEEL CORP. Materials: NA1760; ACID, LIQUID, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 500 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, 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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