PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978111383 — AMMONIA ANHYDROUS — READING, MI

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Incident I-1978111383PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978111383. Incident date: 1978-05-05. Location: READING, MI. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: RUAN TRANSPORT CORPORATION. Shipper: AMOCO CHEMICAL CORP. Materials: UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.2; 6300 SLB 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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