PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1981050271 — HYDROGEN, COMPRESSED — SIBERIA, CA

Current as of 1981-03-30 Government source

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Incident I-1981050271PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1981050271. Incident date: 1981-03-30. Location: SIBERIA, CA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: ATCHISON TOPEKA SANTE FE RWY C. Shipper: UNION CARBIDE CORP. Materials: UN1049; HYDROGEN, COMPRESSED; hazard class 2.1; 4000 LGA 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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