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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2013020491
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2013020491 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — COSTA MESA, CA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2013-01-18
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2013-01-18 in COSTA MESA, CA.
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PHMSA 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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