PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018100183 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — GIRDLETREE, MD

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Incident E-2018100183PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2018100183. Incident date: 2018-09-11. Location: GIRDLETREE, MD. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: UNIVERSAL TRUCKLOAD, INC.. Shipper: BRAINERD CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 3790 LGA released. What failed: Outer Frame. How failed: Crushed. Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. 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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