PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2022050448 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — MICHIGAN CITY, IN

Current as of 2022-04-12 Government source

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Incident E-2022050448PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2022050448. Incident date: 2022-04-12. Location: MICHIGAN CITY, IN. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: USALCO BALTIMORE PLANT. Shipper: OLD WORLD INDUSTRIES, LLC. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 885 LGA released. What failed: Gasket. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. 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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