# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988120219 — SULFURIC ACID — BANGOR, AL

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988120219
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988120219 — SULFURIC ACID — BANGOR, AL
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 1988-11-19
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1988-11-19 in BANGOR, AL.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1988120219.
Incident date: 1988-11-19.
Location: BANGOR, AL.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION.
Shipper: AMERICAN CYANAMID CO / DEGUSSA CORP.
Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 12000 LGA released | UN2015; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, STABILIZED OR HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, STABILIZED WITH MORE THAN 60 PERCENT HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; hazard class 5.1; 1 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage / Loose Closure, Component, or Device; 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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