PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2008040565 — FERRIC CHLORIDE, SOLUTION — OAKLAND, CA

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Incident I-2008040565PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2008040565. Incident date: 2008-02-20. Location: OAKLAND, CA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. Shipper: KEMIRA. Materials: UN2582; FERRIC CHLORIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 300.5 LGA released. What failed: Liner; Tank Head. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. 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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