PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979040842 — TETRACHLOROETHYLENE — BLYTHE, CA

Current as of 1979-04-07 Government source

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Incident I-1979040842PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979040842. Incident date: 1979-04-07. Location: BLYTHE, CA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: HATCH W S CO. Shipper: DOW CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1897; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; hazard class 6.1; 1000 LGA released. Reported failure causes: 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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