PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2009070005 — SULFURIC ACID — LAUREL, MT

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Incident I-2009070005PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2009070005. Incident date: 2009-06-30. Location: LAUREL, MT. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: MONTANA RAIL LINK. Shipper: TECK AMERICAN INC.. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 10 LGA released. What failed: Gasket. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Inadequate Preparation for Transportation. 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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