# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2005090019 — SULFURIC ACID — EL CENTRO, CA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2005090019
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2005090019 — SULFURIC ACID — EL CENTRO, CA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2005-07-21
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2005-07-21 in EL CENTRO, CA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2005090019.
Incident date: 2005-07-21.
Location: EL CENTRO, CA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Shipper: TESORO REFINING MARKETING.
Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 500 LGA released.
What failed: Bolts or Nuts; Flange; Manway or Dome Cover; Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Non-Reclosing.
How failed: Leaked; Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Broken Component or Device; Broken Component or Device.
Reported result: Spillage, 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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