PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2009020102 — SULFURIC ACID — AKRON, OH

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Incident I-2009020102PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2009020102. Incident date: 2008-12-26. Location: AKRON, OH. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: M.C. TANK TRANSPORT, INC. Shipper: PVS. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 50 LGA released. What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing. How failed: Torn Off or Damaged. Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. 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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