PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2020020010 — MERCURY — HOUSTON, TX

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Incident I-2020020010PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2020020010. Incident date: 2020-01-04. Location: HOUSTON, TX. Mode: Air. Carrier/reporter: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.. Shipper: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.. Materials: UN2809; MERCURY; hazard class 8; 0.000066 LGA released. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Improper Preparation for Transportation. Reported result: Spillage, 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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