# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017050534 — SODIUM CHLORATE — PELL CITY, AL

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017050534
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017050534 — SODIUM CHLORATE — PELL CITY, AL
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2017-05-19
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2017-05-19 in PELL CITY, AL.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2017050534.
Incident date: 2017-05-19.
Location: PELL CITY, AL.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: Norfolk Southern Railway.
Shipper: AKZO NOBEL PULP & PERFORMANCE / Akzo Nobel Pulp and Performance.
Materials: UN1495; SODIUM CHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 60000 SLB released | UN1495; SODIUM CHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 80000 SLB released.
What failed: Body.
How failed: Ripped or Torn.
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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