PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998030278 — SULFURIC ACID — NEW ALBANY, IN

Current as of 1998-02-26 Government source

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Incident I-1998030278PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998030278. Incident date: 1998-02-26. Location: NEW ALBANY, IN. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: P B & S CHEMICAL CO INC. Shipper: P B & S CHEMICAL CO INC. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 150 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Cracked. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. 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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