PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998020339 — SODIUM CHLORATE — COOSA PINES, AL

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Incident I-1998020339PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998020339. Incident date: 1998-01-08. Location: COOSA PINES, AL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION. Shipper: KERR-MCGEE CHEMICAL CORP. Materials: UN1495; SODIUM CHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 1000 SLB released. 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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