PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2019100689 — DICHLOROMETHANE — OAKLAND, CA

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Incident X-2019100689PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2019100689. Incident date: 2019-10-07. Location: OAKLAND, CA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION. Shipper: Hapag Lloyd America. Materials: UN1593; DICHLOROMETHANE; hazard class 6.1; 475 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Inadequate Preparation for Transportation. 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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