PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998110205 — SULFURIC ACID — PORTLAND MILLS, PA

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Incident I-1998110205PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998110205. Incident date: 1998-10-05. Location: PORTLAND MILLS, PA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BUFFALO & PITTSBURGH RAILROAD. Shipper: CANADIAN ELECTRIC ZINC, LTD. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 10000 LGA released. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident. 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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