PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1980030386 — AMMONIA ANHYDROUS — RIDGEFIELD, WA

Current as of 1980-01-14 Government source

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Incident I-1980030386PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1980030386. Incident date: 1980-01-14. Location: RIDGEFIELD, WA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC. Shipper: OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.2; 16000 LGA 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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