PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2015030178 — CHLORINE — LEESVILLE, LA

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Incident X-2015030178PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2015030178. Incident date: 2015-03-02. Location: LEESVILLE, LA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: Kansas City Southern Railroad. Shipper: Formosa Plastics. Materials: UN1017; CHLORINE; hazard class 2.3; 0.26736 GCF released. What failed: Liquid Valve. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Improper Preparation for Transportation; 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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