PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1990101172 — SULFUR, MOLTEN — JAL, NM

Current as of 1989-03-09 Government source

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Incident I-1990101172PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1990101172. Incident date: 1989-03-09. Location: JAL, NM. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: CONTINENTAL SULFER & CHEMICAL. Materials: NA2448; SULFUR, MOLTEN; hazard class 9; 7000 SLB released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident. 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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