PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2012080237 — SULFURIC ACID — ROCK SPRINGS, WY

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Incident I-2012080237PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2012080237. Incident date: 2012-07-30. Location: ROCK SPRINGS, WY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: SIMPLOT PHOSPHATES LLC. Shipper: KENNECOTT UTAH COPPER. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 5625 LGA released. What failed: Piping or Fittings. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Threads Worn or Cross Threaded. 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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