{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018045082","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018045082 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — GEORGETOWN, KY","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2018-03-18","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2018-03-18 in GEORGETOWN, KY.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2018045082.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2018045082.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2018045082","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=KaVUXIUAfnAS9REfUO%2BUHg%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2018045082.\nIncident date: 2018-03-18.\nLocation: GEORGETOWN, KY.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.\nShipper: Occidental Chemical Corp.\nMaterials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 3 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing.\nHow failed: Leaked.\nReported failure causes: Derailment.\nReported result: Spillage.\nReporter-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.","truncated":false,"body_characters":712}