# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979090290 — SULFURIC ACID — W LK CHARLES, LA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979090290
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979090290 — SULFURIC ACID — W LK CHARLES, LA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
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- **effective on:** 1979-08-15
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1979-08-15 in W LK CHARLES, LA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979090290.
Incident date: 1979-08-15.
Location: W LK CHARLES, LA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: MATLACK INC.
Shipper: CITIES SERVICE OIL CO.
Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 166 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.
Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device.
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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