PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998040563 — FLUOROSILICIC ACID — FINGAL, ND

Current as of 1998-03-27 Government source

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Incident I-1998040563PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998040563. Incident date: 1998-03-27. Location: FINGAL, ND. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: SOO LINE RAILROAD CO. Shipper: IMC-AGRICO CO. Materials: UN1778; FLUOROSILICIC ACID; hazard class 8; 12000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Crushed. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, Environmental Damage. 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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