PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2004100714 — SULFURIC ACID — MAGMA, AZ

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Incident I-2004100714PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2004100714. Incident date: 2004-08-11. Location: MAGMA, AZ. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: MEXICANA DE COBRE. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 300 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings; Weld or Seam. How failed: Cracked. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. Reported result: Spillage, 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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