# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979101143 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — LITTLE ROCK, AR

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979101143  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1979-10-03  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1979-10-03 in LITTLE ROCK, AR.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979101143.
Incident date: 1979-10-03.
Location: LITTLE ROCK, AR.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: ARKLA CHEMICAL CORP.
Shipper: ARKLA CHEMICAL CORP.
Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 1500 LGA released.
What failed: Basic Material.
Reported failure causes: Corrosion - Exterior.
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.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=krxvExheqRk0c%2FSWhfn%2FBg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `6159493764d108d72b068921c3a2285669f42439041d7d4ef16db8736e2ef663`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T18:29:26.572Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979101143`

### Source metadata

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```