PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988110150 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SOLUTION — RINEY, KY

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Incident I-1988110150PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1988110150. Incident date: 1988-10-13. Location: RINEY, KY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: PADUCAH & LOUISVILLE RAILWAY. Shipper: AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC / GOODRICH B F CO / PENNWALT CORP. Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 9093.75 LGA released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 4157.5 LGA released | UN2789; ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL OR ACETIC ACID SOLUTION, WITH MORE THAN 80 PERCENT ACID, BY MASS; hazard class 8; 14137.5 LGA released. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer. 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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