PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1991020237 — SULFURIC ACID — ATLANTA, GA

Current as of 1991-01-26 Government source

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Incident I-1991020237PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1991020237. Incident date: 1991-01-26. Location: ATLANTA, GA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION. Shipper: GENERAL CHEMICAL CORP. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 400 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident. 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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