# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979092007 — SODIUM NITRATE — SANTA CLARA, CA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979092007
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979092007 — SODIUM NITRATE — SANTA CLARA, CA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 1979-08-08
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1979-08-08 in SANTA CLARA, CA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979092007.
Incident date: 1979-08-08.
Location: SANTA CLARA, CA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP CO.
Shipper: CHILEAN NITRATE SALES CORP.
Materials: UN1498; SODIUM NITRATE; hazard class 5.1; 1300 SLB released.
How failed: Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Inadequate Blocking and Bracing.
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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