# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002110625 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SOLUTION — AMITE, LA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002110625
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002110625 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SOLUTION — AMITE, LA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 2002-10-12
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2002-10-12 in AMITE, LA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2002110625.
Incident date: 2002-10-12.
Location: AMITE, LA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO.
Shipper: G E PLASTICS / REAGENT CHEMICAL & RESEARCH.
Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 14000 LGA released | UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 14000 LGA released.
What failed: Basic Material.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
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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