PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2008060203 — SODIUM CHLORATE — LAWRENCE, MA

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Incident I-2008060203PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2008060203. Incident date: 2008-05-08. Location: LAWRENCE, MA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: PAN AM RAILWAYS. Shipper: ERGO WORLDWIDE. Materials: UN1495; SODIUM CHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 30000 SLB released. What failed: Body. How failed: Ripped or Torn. Reported failure causes: Derailment. 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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