PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018100147 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — BRIDGETON, MO

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Incident E-2018100147PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2018100147. Incident date: 2018-09-24. Location: BRIDGETON, MO. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: LANDSTAR INWAY, INC.. Shipper: STERIS CORPORATION. Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 300 LGA released. What failed: Bottom Outlet Valve. How failed: Crushed. Reported failure causes: Inadequate Preparation for Transportation. 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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