PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1993100318 — SULFURIC ACID — CURTIS BAY, MD

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Incident I-1993100318PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1993100318. Incident date: 1993-08-26. Location: CURTIS BAY, MD. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION. Shipper: CANADIAN ELECTRIC ZINC, LTD. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 0.667 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device / Loose Closure, Component, or Device. 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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