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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979040842
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979040842 — TETRACHLOROETHYLENE — BLYTHE, CA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
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- **effective on:** 1979-04-07
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1979-04-07 in BLYTHE, CA.
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PHMSA 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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