PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2011040077 — SULFURIC ACID — Slaton, TX

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Incident X-2011040077PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2011040077. Incident date: 2011-03-23. Location: Slaton, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BNSF Railway Company. Shipper: Agrifos Fertilizer LLC. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 50 LGA released. What failed: Liquid Line. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, 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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