PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2010020314 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — MADISON, WI

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Incident E-2010020314PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2010020314. Incident date: 2010-01-27. Location: MADISON, WI. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Ruan Transportation. Shipper: Ecolab, Inc.. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 1500 LGA released. What failed: Valve Body. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Freezing. 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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