PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2009070410 — POTASSIUM NITRATE — LIVE OAK, CA

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Incident I-2009070410PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2009070410. Incident date: 2009-06-16. Location: LIVE OAK, CA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: HELENA CHEMICAL COMPANY. Shipper: HELENA CHEMICAL COMPANY. Materials: UN1486; POTASSIUM NITRATE; hazard class 5.1; 550 SLB released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Ripped or Torn. 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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