PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2012010181 — SULFURIC ACID — Herington, KS

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Incident X-2012010181PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2012010181. Incident date: 2012-01-08. Location: Herington, KS. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: Union Pacific Railroad. Shipper: Norfalco Sales, Inc. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 12172 LGA released. What failed: Tank Shell. How failed: Ripped or Torn. Reported failure causes: Stub Sill Separation from Tank (Tank Cars). Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, Environmental Damage. 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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