PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2019040264 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — BALTIMORE, MD

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Incident E-2019040264PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2019040264. Incident date: 2019-03-13. Location: BALTIMORE, MD. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: QUALITY DISTRIBUTION, INC.. Shipper: NUSTAR ENERGY L.P.. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 230 LGA released. What failed: Loading or Unloading Lines. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Human Error. 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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