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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978080033
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978080033 — ACID, LIQUID, N.O.S. — DANVILLE, KY
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 1978-07-09
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1978-07-09 in DANVILLE, KY.
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PHMSA 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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