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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2009070369
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2009070369 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — KNOX, ME
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2009-06-29
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2009-06-29 in KNOX, ME.
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PHMSA 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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