{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2016040547","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2016040547 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — GALENA PARK, TX","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2016-04-09","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2016-04-09 in GALENA PARK, TX.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2016040547.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2016040547.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2016040547","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=oq3ogz%2BHUDEmAGOGT3FdKg%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2016040547.\nIncident date: 2016-04-09.\nLocation: GALENA PARK, TX.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: Port Terminal Railroad Association.\nShipper: Formosa Plastics USA.\nMaterials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 15100 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Bottom Outlet Valve; Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug).\nHow failed: Leaked; Leaked.\nReported failure causes: Improper Preparation for Transportation; Incompatible Product.\nReported result: Spillage.\nReporter-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.","truncated":false,"body_characters":785}