PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979111265 — SODIUM NITRATE — KANSAS CITY, MO

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Incident I-1979111265PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979111265. Incident date: 1979-10-05. Location: KANSAS CITY, MO. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN LINES. Shipper: OLIN CORP. Materials: UN1498; SODIUM NITRATE; hazard class 5.1; 2000 SLB released. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. 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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