PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2012110369 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — GRAND RAPIDS, MI

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Incident E-2012110369PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2012110369. Incident date: 2012-10-29. Location: GRAND RAPIDS, MI. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Vitran Express. Shipper: Anderson Chemical Company. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 200 LGA released. What failed: Discharge Valve or Coupling. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. 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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