PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2009030041 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — DECATUR, IL

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Incident E-2009030041PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2009030041. Incident date: 2009-01-29. Location: DECATUR, IL. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: ADM Trucking, Inc.. Shipper: ADM Reidy Term.. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 200 LGA released. What failed: Valve Seat. How failed: Failed to Operate. 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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