PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998061481 — SULFURIC ACID — HOUSTON, TX

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Incident I-1998061481PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998061481. Incident date: 1998-05-21. Location: HOUSTON, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: PHELPS DODGE CORP. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 12500 LGA released | UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 2500 LGA released. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. 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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