PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017120221 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — BENSALEM, PA

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Incident E-2017120221PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2017120221. Incident date: 2017-11-28. Location: BENSALEM, PA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Estes. Shipper: Ecologix Environmental Systems. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 150 LGA released. What failed: Body. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Forklift Accident. 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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