PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979111197 — FERRIC CHLORIDE, SOLUTION — DES PLAINES, IL

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Incident I-1979111197PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979111197. Incident date: 1979-11-07. Location: DES PLAINES, IL. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: K A STEEL CHEMICAL CO. Shipper: K A STEEL CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN2582; FERRIC CHLORIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 500 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. Reported failure causes: Corrosion - Exterior. 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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