PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2012050337 — SULFURIC ACID — Port Arthur, TX

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Incident X-2012050337PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2012050337. Incident date: 2012-05-15. Location: Port Arthur, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: Kansas City Southern Railroad. Shipper: Chemtrade Refinery Services Inc.. Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 200 LGA released. What failed: Liquid Line. How failed: Leaked. 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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