{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979090289","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979090289 — PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION — TAFT, LA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1979-08-16","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1979-08-16 in TAFT, LA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979090289.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979090289.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979090289","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=PkUFhNsLsZF2l2sQ0KxHPg%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979090289.\nIncident date: 1979-08-16.\nLocation: TAFT, LA.\nMode: Highway.\nCarrier/reporter: MATLACK INC.\nShipper: BECKER INDUSTRIES INC.\nMaterials: UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 600 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.\nReported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device.\nReported result: Spillage.\nReporter-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.","truncated":false,"body_characters":682}