PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988020125 — SULFURIC ACID — AUGUSTA, ME

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Incident I-1988020125PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1988020125. Incident date: 1988-01-23. Location: AUGUSTA, ME. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: MERRILL TRANSPORT CO. Shipper: DELTA CHEMICALS INC. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 120 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, 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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