PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979030556 — FLUOROSILICIC ACID — EAST SAINT LOUIS, IL

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Incident I-1979030556PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979030556. Incident date: 1979-02-21. Location: EAST SAINT LOUIS, IL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: ALTON & SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. Shipper: CHEM-TECH INC. Materials: UN1778; FLUOROSILICIC ACID; hazard class 8; 10206 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. 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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