PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2007040072 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — EAST FALMOUTH, MA

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Incident E-2007040072PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2007040072. Incident date: 2007-04-04. Location: EAST FALMOUTH, MA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Quality Carriers. Shipper: Borden and Remington Company. Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 200 LGA released. What failed: Discharge Valve or Coupling. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Human Error. 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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