PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978111208 — SULFURIC ACID — COLLINGDALE, PA

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Incident I-1978111208PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978111208. Incident date: 1978-11-11. Location: COLLINGDALE, PA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. Shipper: OLIN CORP. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 30000 SLB released. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. 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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