PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997020242 — SODIUM CHLORATE — MOBILE, AL

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Incident I-1997020242PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997020242. Incident date: 1997-01-08. Location: MOBILE, AL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN RR CO. Shipper: E K A CHEMICALS. Materials: UN1495; SODIUM CHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 2000 SLB released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment. 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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