# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1982080095 — POTASSIUM NITRITE — LA GRANGE, GA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1982080095
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1982080095 — POTASSIUM NITRITE — LA GRANGE, GA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 1982-06-29
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1982-06-29 in LA GRANGE, GA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1982080095.
Incident date: 1982-06-29.
Location: LA GRANGE, GA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: ATLANTA & WEST POINT RR.
Shipper: E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS / VERTAC CHEMICAL.
Materials: UN1488; POTASSIUM NITRITE; hazard class 5.1; 109400 SLB released | UN1488; POTASSIUM NITRITE; hazard class 5.1; 110500 SLB released | UN1488; POTASSIUM NITRITE; hazard class 5.1; 110840 SLB released | UN1783; HEXAMETHYLENEDIAMINE SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 13333 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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