PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1981030034 — PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION — EAST SAINT LOUIS, IL

Current as of 1981-03-13 Government source

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Incident I-1981030034PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1981030034. Incident date: 1981-03-13. Location: EAST SAINT LOUIS, IL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RR. Shipper: MITSUI AND COMPANY. Materials: UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 38600 SLB released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, 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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