PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2013100288 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — East St. Louis, IL

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Incident X-2013100288PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2013100288. Incident date: 2013-10-02. Location: East St. Louis, IL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: Alton and Southern Railroad. Shipper: Bayer MaterialScience, LLC. Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 0.125 LGA released. What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing. 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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