PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2014020226 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — SISTERVILLE, WV

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Incident E-2014020226PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2014020226. Incident date: 2014-01-21. Location: SISTERVILLE, WV. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Schneider National Bulk Carriers, Inc.. Shipper: Axiall LLC. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 1079 LGA released. What failed: Vacuum Relief Valve. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, Environmental Damage. 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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