PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2017080212 — SULFUR, MOLTEN — HYNDMAN, PA

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Incident I-2017080212PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2017080212. Incident date: 2017-08-02. Location: HYNDMAN, PA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION. Shipper: AUX SABLE LIQUID PRODUCTS LP A/O BP ENERGY CO / CANAL TERMINAL CO / SULCOM INC. Materials: NA2448; SULFUR, MOLTEN; hazard class 9; 13229 LGA released | UN1075; PETROLEUM GASES, LIQUEFIED OR LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; hazard class 2.1; 29712 LGA released | UN3257; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE LIQUID, N.O.S., AT OR ABOVE 100 C AND BELOW ITS FLASH POINT (INCLUDING MOLTEN METALS, MOLTEN SALTS, ETC.); hazard class 9; 14092 LGA released. What failed: Body / Bottom Outlet Valve. Reported result: Fire, 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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