PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2017030275 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — Hopeton, OK

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Incident X-2017030275PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2017030275. Incident date: 2017-02-13. Location: Hopeton, OK. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BNSF Railway Company. Shipper: Univar. Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 1 LGA released. What failed: Tank Shell. How failed: Crushed. Reported failure causes: Derailment. Reported result: Spillage, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion. 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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