PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978101509 — SULFURIC ACID — DETROIT, MI

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Incident I-1978101509PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978101509. Incident date: 1978-10-21. Location: DETROIT, MI. Mode: OTHER. Carrier/reporter: PRESSURE VESSEL SERVICE INC. Shipper: PRESSURE VESSEL SERVICE INC. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 8000 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. 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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