PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988090212 — SODIUM CHLORATE — WATERTOWN, NY

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Incident I-1988090212PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1988090212. Incident date: 1988-08-22. Location: WATERTOWN, NY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL. Shipper: NORDIC INC. Materials: UN1495; SODIUM CHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 2000 SLB released. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage, Fire. 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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