PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2013060190 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — VISALIA, CA

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Incident I-2013060190PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2013060190. Incident date: 2013-05-25. Location: VISALIA, CA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO.. Shipper: VWR INTERNATIONAL. Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 0.1875 LGA released. What failed: Inner Packaging. How failed: Structural. 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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