PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998110725 — SULFURIC ACID — CLAIBORNE, AL

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Incident I-1998110725PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998110725. Incident date: 1998-10-21. Location: CLAIBORNE, AL. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: D S I TRANSPORTS. Shipper: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 200 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device; Defective Component or Device. Reported result: Spillage, 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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