PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2016070712 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — VON ORMY, TX

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Incident E-2016070712PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2016070712. Incident date: 2016-07-03. Location: VON ORMY, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: Univar USA Inc. Shipper: Covestro LLC Pittsburg. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 1000 LGA released. What failed: Liquid Valve. How failed: Crushed. Reported failure causes: Derailment. 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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