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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2008100307
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2008100307 — POTASSIUM NITRATE — NEW VIRGINIA, IA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2008-09-28
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2008-09-28 in NEW VIRGINIA, IA.
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PHMSA 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.
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