PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1976080551 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — BATTLE CREEK, MI

Current as of 1976-08-06 Government source

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Incident I-1976080551PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1976080551. Incident date: 1976-08-06. Location: BATTLE CREEK, MI. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: REFINERS TRANSPORT & TERMINAL. Shipper: PENNWALT CORP. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 500 LGA released. 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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