PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2015060199 — CHLORINE — NORRISTOWN, PA

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Incident I-2015060199PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2015060199. Incident date: 2015-04-23. Location: NORRISTOWN, PA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: MAWA INC. Shipper: UNIVAR USA INC.. Materials: UN1017; CHLORINE; hazard class 2.3; 100 GCF released. What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing. How failed: Vented. Reported failure causes: Human Error. Reported result: Vapor(Gas) Dispersion. 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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