PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2009070369 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — KNOX, ME

Current as of 2009-06-29 Government source

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Incident E-2009070369PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2009070369. Incident date: 2009-06-29. Location: KNOX, ME. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: GAC Chemical Corporation. Shipper: K A Steel Chemicals, Inc.. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 680 LGA released. What failed: Manway or Dome Cover; Tank Shell. How failed: Leaked; Gouged or Cut. Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage; Dropped. Reported result: Spillage, Environmental Damage. 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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