PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978120753 — SODIUM CHLORATE — BAY JUNCTION, WA

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Incident I-1978120753PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978120753. Incident date: 1978-11-30. Location: BAY JUNCTION, WA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CHICAGO MILW ST PAUL & PAC RR. Shipper: PENNWALT CORP. Materials: UN1495; SODIUM CHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 100000 SLB released. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer. 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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