PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018045082 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — GEORGETOWN, KY

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Incident E-2018045082PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2018045082. Incident date: 2018-03-18. Location: GEORGETOWN, KY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Shipper: Occidental Chemical Corp. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 3 LGA released. What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing. How failed: Leaked. 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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