PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2013020491 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — COSTA MESA, CA

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Incident E-2013020491PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2013020491. Incident date: 2013-01-18. Location: COSTA MESA, CA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Univar USA Inc.. Shipper: Univar USA Inc.. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 200 LGA released. What failed: Remote Control Device. How failed: Failed to Operate. Reported failure causes: Overfilled. 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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