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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2012110369
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2012110369 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2012-10-29
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2012-10-29 in GRAND RAPIDS, MI.
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PHMSA 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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