PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998061135 — PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION — CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL

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Incident I-1998061135PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998061135. Incident date: 1998-06-04. Location: CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: RHODIA INC. Materials: UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 8000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. 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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