PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979041267 — AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE — HENDERSON, NV

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Incident I-1979041267PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979041267. Incident date: 1979-04-03. Location: HENDERSON, NV. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: AEROJET SOLID PROPULSION. Materials: UN1442; AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 15000 SLB released. Reported failure causes: Derailment; 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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