PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2012100553 — SULFURIC ACID — CERRITOS, CA

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Incident I-2012100553PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2012100553. Incident date: 2012-10-09. Location: CERRITOS, CA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE. Shipper: FISHER SCIENTIFIC. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 0.66045 LGA released. What failed: Inner Receptacle. How failed: Crushed. 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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