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INCIDENT LOG
ROAD/RAIL/AIR INCIDENTS Date
Location 7/5/16 8/5/16 9/5/16 13/5/16 14/5/16 15/5/16 17/5/16 19/5/16 23/5/16 24/5/16 24/5/16 26/5/16 26/5/16 28/5/16 2/6/16 2/6/16 3/6/16 4/6/16 7/6/16 17/6/16 17/6/16
Omdurman, Sudan
Ghazni province, Afghanistan
Dei-Dei, Abuja, Nigeria San Diego, California, India Kasara, Maharashtra, India Live Oak, California, US
nr Fort Tejon, California, US
nr Nederland, Colorado, US
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Visakhapatnam, AP, India
Fultondale, Alabama, US
nr Pueblo, Colorado, US Forney, Texas, US Loveland, Colorado, US Little Rock, Arkansas, US
Columbus, Georgia, US
Mosier, Oregon, US Umvoti, KZN, South Africa Boone, Iowa, US Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
Des Moines, Iowa, US
road tanker diesel, gasoline freight train rail tank car truck
sulphuric acid
animal fat
gasohol truck freight train road tanker
sulphur dioxide
TMAH crude oil road tanker truck
sodium chlorite
jet fuel road tanker road tanker road tanker ammonia fuel butane truck road tanker road tanker
hydrochloric acid
asphalt gasoline road tanker asphalt road tanker LPG road tanker gasoline road tanker road tanker
Vehicle Type Substance Details road tanker
LPG oil fuel
LPG tanker caught fire, exploded during delivery at bakery; 16 people injured in blast; bakery, nearby mosque were partly destroyed, other buildings also suffered damage; cause under investigation
At least 73 people killed when road tanker was in head-on collision with two buses on Kabul-Kandahar highway; tanker’s cargo listed merely as ‘oil’; many others injured in collision
Road tanker loaded with fuel (gasoline?) rolled over while driver was fixing flat tyre on Abuja-Zuba expressway; contents spilled to road; locals rushed to collect fuel before police arrived; no injuries reported
SoCo Group tanker overturned on I-8 bridge over San Diego River, spilling part of 3,700-gal (14 m3 to river; not clear what caused single-vehicle accident; driver suffered head injury; road closed for cleanup
) load
LPG tanker overturned on Mumbai-Agra highway, causing leak in 17,000-kg cargo; nearly 4,000 nearby residents evacuated, power lines switched off; traffic blocked for four hours; no injuries reported
Road tanker with asphalt emulsion heading for Chico overturned after driver failed to navigate a curve on Highway 99 at Lomo Crossing; some cargo spilled to road, drains; driver arrested, suspected drunk
Truck was involved in accident near Fort Tejon on I-5; hazmat teams called in to deal with leak of hydrochloric acid; no other details available
Partially loaded tank truck rolled over on Peak to Peak Highway after driver lost control; cargo spilled to road, down embankment; driver hurt in crash; county sheriff’s office investigating
Double tank trailer with 60,000 litres gasoline rolled over while avoiding another car on Calder Freeway, colliding with about 10 vehicles; one person killed, six injured; up to 20,000 litres spilled to creek; no fire
One worker killed, 15 injured when road tanker delivering ammonia to pharmaceutical plant exploded; no clear what caused blast, nor whether the injured were affected by fumes
Hazmat crew called out to deal with tank truck fire north of Birmingham; understood that the fire followed a crash involving the truck but details sketchy
Gas tanker rolled over on I-25, injuring driver; fire broke out in cab, spread to tank but no leak or rupture; fire department contained blaze but traffic closed for hours to remove vehicle; cause of crash unknown
Truck overturned on US 80 service road, spilling four of eight IBCs with ADOX 3125 solution; nearby business evacuated while hazmat team dealt with spill; truck driver had suffered medical emergency
Some 1,000 gal jet fuel leaked from road tanker during fuelling of aircraft at Northern Colorado Regional Airport; faulty valve blamed; absorbent pads used to clear up spill from concrete; no off-site spill
Driver smelled leak of sulphur dioxide cargo while fuelling, drove tanker to vacant lot near I-30 to give responders space to deal with problem; incident resolved without injury; not clear what caused leak
Truck carrying tetramethylammonium hydroxide crashed, overturned on Macon Road, spilling corrosive, toxic load; westbound lanes closed for 15 hours; some leak to ditch alongside road, causing further delay
11 tank cars of UP oil train derailed on tracks parallel to I-84; several cars caught fire; no spill to Columbia River; 400-metre evacuation zone while fire crews cooled tanks; highway closed during response
Truck carrying 16 IBCs of sulphuric acid overturned in parking lot of Ultra City, rupturing some of the containers; 14 people hospitalised, area evacuated; not clear what caused accident
25,000 gal (95 m3 ) animal fat leaked from faulty bottom valve on rail tank car over 200-mile stretch of track; some 1,500 gal leaked in Boone, where train stopped for 15 minutes; no spill to waterway found
74 CN rail cars rolled uncontrolled out of MacMillan yard, travelling for 5 km; one was tank car with gasohol; TSB said ground crews were using belt pack to assemble train; incident under investigation
Tank truck crashed, rolled over on Highway 5; only when crews were righting the tanker did it emerge that tank had ruptured, spilt almost all 8,000 gal (30 m3
) cargo to storm drain; cleanup likely to take weeks
Source Sudan
Tribune AFP
Daily Trust
S Diego Tribune
Times of India
Appeal- Democrat TurnTo23
Mountain- Ear
ABC PTI AP AP
inForney. com
Reporter- Herald
Arkansas Online
WRBL ODOT News24
D Moines Register
CBC
D Moines Register
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