# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002060415 — CHLORINE — NEW ORLEANS, LA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002060415
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002060415 — CHLORINE — NEW ORLEANS, LA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2002-05-24
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2002-05-24 in NEW ORLEANS, LA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2002060415.
Incident date: 2002-05-24.
Location: NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD.
Shipper: VULCAN MATERIALS CO.
Materials: UN1017; CHLORINE; hazard class 2.3; 0 released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device.
Reported result: Vapor(Gas) Dispersion.
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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