PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2009060578 — SULFURIC ACID — CAIRO, OH

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Incident I-2009060578PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2009060578. Incident date: 2009-05-21. Location: CAIRO, OH. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: QUALITY CARRIERS INC. Shipper: CHEMTRADE. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 160.625 LGA released. What failed: Valve Body. How failed: Vented. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device. Reported result: Spillage, Explosion. 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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