PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997060673 — SULFURIC ACID — PLAYAS, NM

Current as of 1997-05-08 Government source

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Incident I-1997060673PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997060673. Incident date: 1997-05-08. Location: PLAYAS, NM. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: CECIL B J TRUCKING INC. Shipper: PHELPS DODGE CORP. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 3500 LGA released. What failed: Hose. How failed: Crushed. Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage, Fire. 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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