PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2011080321 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — BALTIMORE, MD

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Incident E-2011080321PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2011080321. Incident date: 2011-07-29. Location: BALTIMORE, MD. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Maryland Chemical Company. Shipper: Maryland Chemical Company. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 1 LGA released. What failed: Discharge Valve or Coupling. How failed: Leaked. 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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