PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2008100307 — POTASSIUM NITRATE — NEW VIRGINIA, IA

Current as of 2008-09-28 Government source

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationOfficial agency material

View source

Incident I-2008100307PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2008100307. Incident date: 2008-09-28. Location: NEW VIRGINIA, IA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: YELLOW TRANSPORTATION. Shipper: UNIVAR. Materials: UN1486; POTASSIUM NITRATE; hazard class 5.1; 2800 SLB released. What failed: Body. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Fire. 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.#

This material provides agency context. It does not replace binding regulatory text, and its legal effect depends on the underlying authority and facts.