PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1994121010 — SULFURIC ACID — ALBANY, NY

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Incident I-1994121010PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1994121010. Incident date: 1994-11-15. Location: ALBANY, NY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL. Shipper: MARSULEX INC. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 500 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Defective 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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