PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2011030328 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — CLEVELAND, OH

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Incident E-2011030328PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2011030328. Incident date: 2011-02-23. Location: CLEVELAND, OH. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: Savage Services Corporation. Shipper: Occidental Chemical Corporation. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 75 LGA released. What failed: Liquid Valve. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Human Error. 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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