PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2014030245 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — GEISMAR, LA

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Incident I-2014030245PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2014030245. Incident date: 2013-12-13. Location: GEISMAR, LA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. Shipper: RUBICON LLC. Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 375 LGA released. What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Human Error. 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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