PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2010090296 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — SAVANNAH, GA

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Incident E-2010090296PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2010090296. Incident date: 2010-08-17. Location: SAVANNAH, GA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: NuStar Terminals Operations Partnership L.P.. Shipper: Occidental Chemicals. Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 1169 LGA released. What failed: Inlet (Loading) Valve. How failed: Torn Off or Damaged. 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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