PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2010030156 — SODIUM CHLORATE — BIRMINGHAM, AL

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Incident X-2010030156PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2010030156. Incident date: 2010-01-05. Location: BIRMINGHAM, AL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BNSF Railway Company. Shipper: Tronox LLC. Materials: UN1495; SODIUM CHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 40000 SLB released. What failed: Body. How failed: Cracked. Reported failure causes: Defective 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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