PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1986050477 — SULFURIC ACID — TULIA, TX

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Incident I-1986050477PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1986050477. Incident date: 1986-05-05. Location: TULIA, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: ATCHISON TOPEKA & SANTA FE RY. Shipper: PHELPS DODGE CORP. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 13570 LGA released | UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 6795 LGA released | UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 7000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vandalism; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage / Loose Closure, Component, or Device; Vandalism; 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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