PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2020010096 — SODIUM CHLORATE — RITZVILLE, WA

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Incident X-2020010096PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2020010096. Incident date: 2019-03-14. Location: RITZVILLE, WA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. Shipper: ERCO Worldwide. Materials: UN1495; SODIUM CHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 180000 SLB released. What failed: Body. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment. Reported result: Spillage, Fire. 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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