PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000020878 — FERRIC CHLORIDE, SOLUTION — PHILADELPHIA, PA

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Incident I-2000020878PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2000020878. Incident date: 2000-01-21. Location: PHILADELPHIA, PA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: RSI LEASING INC. Shipper: P V S TECHNOLOGIES. Materials: UN2582; FERRIC CHLORIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 17500 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Cracked. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. 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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