PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2015040398 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — Ft Payne, AL

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Incident X-2015040398PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2015040398. Incident date: 2015-04-27. Location: Ft Payne, AL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: Norfolk Southern Railway Company. Shipper: REAGENT CHEMICAL & RESEARCH, INC.. Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 0.5 LGA released. What failed: Fill Hole. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device. 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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