PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1980050340 — AMMONIA ANHYDROUS — INDEPENDENCE, IA

Current as of 1980-04-22 Government source

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Incident I-1980050340PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1980050340. Incident date: 1980-04-22. Location: INDEPENDENCE, IA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: HERMAN BROTHERS INC. Shipper: N-REN CORPORATION. Materials: UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.2; 1760 SLB released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. 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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