PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1996070269 — SULFURIC ACID — GRAND ISLAND, NE

Current as of 1996-06-26 Government source

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Incident I-1996070269PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1996070269. Incident date: 1996-06-26. Location: GRAND ISLAND, NE. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: BROWN TRANSFER CO. Shipper: HARCROS CHEMICAL. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 175 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device; Defective Component or Device. Reported result: Spillage, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion. 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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