PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997090883 — AMMONIA ANHYDROUS — JUNCTION CITY, KS

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Incident I-1997090883PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997090883. Incident date: 1997-08-15. Location: JUNCTION CITY, KS. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: NU WEST IND. Materials: UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.2; 0 released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, 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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