PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998110539 — SULFUR, MOLTEN — PUCKETT, MS

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Incident I-1998110539PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998110539. Incident date: 1998-11-01. Location: PUCKETT, MS. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: D S I TRANSPORTS. Shipper: JOHNS ENERGY. Materials: NA2448; SULFUR, MOLTEN; hazard class 9; 4000 SLB released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Improper Preparation for Transportation. 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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