PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2016070095 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — ROCK SPRINGS, WY

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Incident I-2016070095PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2016070095. Incident date: 2016-07-08. Location: ROCK SPRINGS, WY. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: UNIVAR USA INC.. Shipper: UNIVAR USA INC.. Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 1600 LGA released. What failed: Discharge Valve or Coupling. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Broken Component or Device. 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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