PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978090266 — BENZYL CHLORIDE — EDISON, NJ

Current as of 1978-07-26 Government source

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Incident I-1978090266PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978090266. Incident date: 1978-07-26. Location: EDISON, NJ. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK LINES INC. Shipper: STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1738; BENZYL CHLORIDE; hazard class 6.1; 150 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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