# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1976040800 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — NEWINGTON, CT

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1976040800
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1976040800 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — NEWINGTON, CT
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 1976-03-30
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1976-03-30 in NEWINGTON, CT.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1976040800.
Incident date: 1976-03-30.
Location: NEWINGTON, CT.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK LINES INC.
Shipper: ECONOMICS LABORATORY INC.
Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 130 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug); Piping or Fittings; Vapor Valve.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device; Over-pressurized; 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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