PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2014080318 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — PORTLAND, OR

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Incident I-2014080318PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2014080318. Incident date: 2014-08-06. Location: PORTLAND, OR. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO.. Shipper: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.. Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 0.13209 LGA released. What failed: Body. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Dropped. 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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