PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2010080048 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — GROSSE TETE, LA

Current as of 2010-07-29 Government source

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Incident E-2010080048PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2010080048. Incident date: 2010-07-29. Location: GROSSE TETE, LA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Enterprise Transportation Company a division of EPCO, INC.2. Shipper: P.P.G. Industries. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 5 LGA released. What failed: Piping or Fittings; Washout. How failed: Bent; Leaked. Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident; Rollover Accident. 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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