# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017010276 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — KA STEEL CHEMICALS, IA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017010276
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017010276 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — KA STEEL CHEMICALS, IA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2016-10-24
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2016-10-24 in KA STEEL CHEMICALS, IA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2017010276.
Incident date: 2016-10-24.
Location: KA STEEL CHEMICALS, IA.
Mode: Water.
Carrier/reporter: KA Steel chemicals.
Shipper: Axiall Corporation.
Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 291 LGA released.
What failed: Piping or Fittings.
How failed: Cracked.
Reported failure causes: Over-pressurized.
Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer.
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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