PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2013080226 — CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S. — La Grande, OR

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Incident X-2013080226PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2013080226. Incident date: 2013-07-10. Location: La Grande, OR. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: Union Pacific Railroad. Shipper: Dow Chemical Company. Materials: UN3267; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 0.125 LGA released. What failed: Flange. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Deterioration or Aging. 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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