PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2020120073 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — GOSHEN, CA

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Incident X-2020120073PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2020120073. Incident date: 2020-11-23. Location: GOSHEN, CA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. Shipper: Dow Agrosciences. Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 0.5 LGA released. What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing. How failed: Vented. Reported failure causes: Derailment. 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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