# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2008060161 — SULFURIC ACID — NORTHFIELD, MN

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2008060161
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2008060161 — SULFURIC ACID — NORTHFIELD, MN
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2008-03-31
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2008-03-31 in NORTHFIELD, MN.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2008060161.
Incident date: 2008-03-31.
Location: NORTHFIELD, MN.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Shipper: TECH COMINCO LTD..
Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 655 LGA released.
What failed: Tank Head; Weld or Seam.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Broken 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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