# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2001081017 — PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION — RUDDOCK, LA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2001081017
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2001081017 — PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION — RUDDOCK, LA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 2001-07-20
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2001-07-20 in RUDDOCK, LA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2001081017.
Incident date: 2001-07-20.
Location: RUDDOCK, LA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO.
Shipper: G E PLASTICS / RHODIA INC.
Materials: UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 10 LGA released | UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 14783 LGA released | UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 10 LGA released | UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 22871 LGA released.
What failed: Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug); Manway or Dome Cover; Piping or Fittings.
How failed: Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage / Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage; Water Damage / Loose Closure, Component, or Device; Derailment; Rollover Accident.
Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, 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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