PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1984050474 — FLUOROSILICIC ACID — BALTIMORE, MD

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Incident I-1984050474PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1984050474. Incident date: 1984-05-08. Location: BALTIMORE, MD. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CHESSIE SYSTEM. Shipper: CHEMTECH INDUSTRIES INC. Materials: UN1778; FLUOROSILICIC ACID; hazard class 8; 165 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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