PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2012010111 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — DECATUR, AL

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Incident E-2012010111PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2012010111. Incident date: 2011-12-21. Location: DECATUR, AL. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Univar USA. Shipper: Univar USA. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 140 LGA released. What failed: Cover. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Dropped. 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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