PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2007120269 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — LAKE CHARLES, LA

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Incident E-2007120269PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2007120269. Incident date: 2007-09-21. Location: LAKE CHARLES, LA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Enterprise Transportation Company. Shipper: PPG Industries. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 500 LGA released. What failed: Bottom Outlet Valve. 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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