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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2022050448
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2022050448 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — MICHIGAN CITY, IN
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2022-04-12
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2022-04-12 in MICHIGAN CITY, IN.
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PHMSA 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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