Hazardous materials report limited phase i environmental site

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INCIDENT INFORMATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL INCIDENT REPORT SYSTEM (HMIRS)
Distance from Property: 0.01 mi. SW
REPORT #: 1996090783
DATE: 09/12/96
INCIDENT LOCATION: I-635 & MIDWAY RD
DALLAS, DALLAS COUNTY
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILLED
CARRIER INFORMATION
MODE OF TRANSPORTATION: HIGHWAY
NAME: PIONEER CHEMICAL INC
ADDRESS: 100 N SAM HOUSTON
MESQUITE, TX 75149
SHIPPING NAME: CORROSIVE LIQUIDS N.O.S.
TRADE NAME: MAYOQUEST 1500
QUANTITY RELEASED: 55 GAL
CAUSE OF RELEASE: HUMAN ERROR
REMARK: 1N THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:00 A.M. CARL BENNETT, MESQUITE DRIVER, WAS
DRIVING HIS TRACTOR-TRAILER, APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES PER HOUR, WEST ON I-635, IN THE RIGHT LANE,
PREPARING TO EXIT AT MIDWAY ROAD. JUST PRIOR TO MIDWAY ROAD THE DALLAS NORTH TOLLWAY ENTERS I-635.
THERE IS A LONG ENTRANCE RAMP WITH A WIDE BUTTONED OFF AREA DIVIDING THE RAMP FROM I-635. A CAR
DROVE ACROSS THIS BUTTONED OFF AREA RIGHT IN FRONT OF CARL INTO THE SECOND LANE OVER. CARL HAD TO
SLAM ON HIS BRAKES IN ORDER TO KEEP FROM HITTING THE CAR. HE FELT HIS LOAD SHIFT. ** AS HE CONTINUED
TOWARD MIDWAY ROAD, HE MOVED INTO THE FAR RIGHT HAND LANE PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL EXIT RAMP. HE
LOOKED OUT OF HIS REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAW LIQUID POURING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS TRAILER. WHERE
HE WAS AT THAT TIME, THE ROAD TILTS BACK TOWARD I-635 SO CARL QUICKLY MOVED FURTHER TOWARD THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD WERE IT TILTED OFF THE ROAD INSTEAD OF TOWARD I-635. HE PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND
STOPPED. ** HE WENT TO THE RIGHT OF HIS TRAILER AND CAREFULLY OPENED THE SIDE DOOR. MORE OF THE
SPILLED PRODUCT RAN OUT THE DOOR. THE SPILLED PRODUCT APPEARED TO BE ACID, BUT HE COULD NOT SEE
WHAT WAS LEAKING. HE OPENED THE BACK DOORS BUT STILL COULD NOT SEE WHAT WAS LEAKING, BUT HE
COULD SEE IT WAS NOT THE TOTES. HE WENT BACK TO THE CAB OF HIS TRUCK TO CALL THE OPERATION
MANAGER, DON DIXON, AND CHECK THE SHIPPING PAPERS FOR WHAT THE PRODUCT MIGHT BE. FROM LOOKING AT
THE SHIPPING PAPERS HE DEDUCTED THAT THE SPILLED PRODUCT WAS PROBABLY MAYOQUEST 1500--CORROSIVE
LIQUID, N.O.S. (1-HYDROXYETHYLIDENE-1, 1-DIPHOSPHONIC ACID), 8, CORROSIVE, UN1760, PG111. HE CALLED DON
AND TOLD HIM THAT HE THOUGHT THE SPILLED PRODUCT WAS MAYOQUEST 1500. DON HAD A. ABDULLAH,
ANOTHER MESQUITE DRIVER, DRIVE A BOB-TAIL WITH ANOTHER PALLET JACK TO THE SCENE. DON AND LEON
PAGE, DIRECTOR, DROVE TO THE SCENE IN DON'S VAN. ** SOMEONE ELSE MUST HAVE CALLED 911 BECAUSE THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP WHILE CARL WAS ON THE PHONE. IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 7:05 TO 7:10 A.M. CARL
AND THE FIREMAN CRAWLED INTO THE BACK OF THE TRAILER. A TOTE HAD PRESSED UP AGAINST A SINGLE 55
GALLON DRUM AT MAYOQUEST 1500 AND SPLIT THE DRUM. THE ENTIRE 55 GALLONS HAD LEAKED FROM THE DRUM.
** FRED CHANDLER, VICE PRESIDENT, DROVE BY THE SCENE JUST AFTER IT HAD HAPPENED. WHILE HE LOOPED
AROUND AT THE NEXT EXIT TO GET BACK TO THE SCENE, HE CALLED THE OFFICE AND FOUND OUT WHAT THE
SPILLED PRODUCT WAS. HE THEN CALLED CALLAWAY, A DIVISION OF VULCAN CHEMICAL, THE MANUFACTURER OF
MAYOQUEST. HE GOT THEIR TECHNICAL MAN, STEVE REDDING, ON HIS MOBILE PHONE WHEN HE GOT TO THE
SCENE. HE GAVE THE PHONE (AND ALSO HIS EMERGENCY RESPONSE BOOK) TO THE FIREMAN IN CHARGE WHO
QUESTION THE CALLAWAY TECHNICAL MAN ABOUT THE PRODUCT AND WHAT TO DO TO SAFELY CLEAN IT UP. ** IN
THE MEAN TIME, THE POLICE HAD ARRIVED, BLOCKED OFF TWO LANES OF I-635 PLUS THE EXIT RAMP TO MIDWAY
ROAD, AND WERE QUESTIONING CARL. THE POLICEMAN CHECKED ALL DOT REQUIREMENTS ON THE TRUCK.
EVERYTHING WAS OKAY EXCEPT FOR ONE INSTATE INSURANCE FORM WAS MISSING. CARL WAS ISSUED A
WARNING. ** PEOPLE FROM THE DOT AND THE WATER DEPARTMENT ALSO ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. ABDULLAH
ARRIVED AND THEN DON AND LEON. ** ABDULLAH BACKED THE BOB-TAIL UP AGAINST THE BACK OF CARL'S
TRAILER. THEY MOVED ALL PRODUCTS FROM CARL'S TRUCK INTO ABDULLAH'S BOB-TAIL. THE FIREMAN SPREAD
KITTY LITTER IN THE TRAILER TO ABSORB THE BALANCE OF THE MATERIAL. THE FIREMEN SWEPT UP THE KITTY
LITTER NAD PUT IN TWO FIVE GALLON PAILS WITH LIDS. WE WILL HAVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE DISPOSE
OF THE WASTE. A CREW OF FOUR OR FIVE MORE MEN ARRIVED FROM PIONEER AND SWEPT UP THE SODA ASH AND
PUT IT IN AN OPEN HEAD DRUM TO BE USED TO NEUTRALIZE PCI WASTE WATER AT THE MESQUITE PLANT. A DOT
VENDOR (ISC) WAS THERE WITH A ROAD WATER-VACUUM TRUCK. THE DOT MAN ASKED THE ISC DRIVER TO RUN
OVER THE SPILLED AREA. THE POLICE, FIRE DEPARTMENT, HAZMAT TEAM, DOT MAN, AND WATER DEPARTMENT
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