PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2010100261 — SULFURIC ACID — SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA

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Incident X-2010100261PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2010100261. Incident date: 2010-09-29. Location: SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: Union Pacific Railroad. Shipper: Kennecott Utah Copper LLC. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 25675 LGA released. What failed: Gasket. How failed: Crushed. Reported failure causes: Human Error. 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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