# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017040541 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — RICHMOND, VA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017040541
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017040541 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — RICHMOND, VA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2017-04-19
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2017-04-19 in RICHMOND, VA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2017040541.
Incident date: 2017-04-19.
Location: RICHMOND, VA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: Pitt Ohio Express.
Shipper: Ecolab Inc.
Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 200 LGA released.
What failed: Body.
How failed: Gouged or Cut.
Reported failure causes: Impact with Sharp or Protruding Object (e.g., nails).
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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