PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979080515 — SULFURIC ACID — BLOOMSBURY, NJ

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Incident I-1979080515PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979080515. Incident date: 1979-07-14. Location: BLOOMSBURY, NJ. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL. Shipper: AMERICAN CYANAMID CO. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 5000 LGA 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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