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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2009070410
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2009070410 — POTASSIUM NITRATE — LIVE OAK, CA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2009-06-16
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2009-06-16 in LIVE OAK, CA.
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PHMSA 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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