PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2007090223 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — BUFFALO, NY

Current as of 2007-09-19 Government source

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Incident E-2007090223PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2007090223. Incident date: 2007-09-19. Location: BUFFALO, NY. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Chemical Distributors Inc. Shipper: Chemical Distributors Inc.. Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 20 LGA released. What failed: Bottom Outlet Valve. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Valve Open. 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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