{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979091952","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979091952 — SULFURIC ACID — READING, PA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1979-09-05","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1979-09-05 in READING, PA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979091952.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979091952.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979091952","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=ESuXQTn0zrKUrbN6%2BbSF%2Bw%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979091952.\nIncident date: 1979-09-05.\nLocation: READING, PA.\nMode: Highway.\nCarrier/reporter: GENERAL BATTERY CORP.\nShipper: GENERAL BATTERY CORP.\nMaterials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 600 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.\nReported failure causes: Defective 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":676}