PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000090635 — SULFURIC ACID — EAST CHICAGO, IN

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Incident I-2000090635PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2000090635. Incident date: 2000-08-24. Location: EAST CHICAGO, IN. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: LASER MATERIALS SERVICES INC. Shipper: NORANDA DUPONT LLC. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 175 LGA released. 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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