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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2015030178
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2015030178 — CHLORINE — LEESVILLE, LA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2015-03-02
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2015-03-02 in LEESVILLE, LA.
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PHMSA 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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