PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1982060319 — SULFURIC ACID — MERIDIAN, MS

Current as of 1982-05-29 Government source

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Incident I-1982060319PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1982060319. Incident date: 1982-05-29. Location: MERIDIAN, MS. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM. Shipper: AMERICAN CYANAMID. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 13000 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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