PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1976110008 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID — GRAND RIDGE, FL

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Incident I-1976110008PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1976110008. Incident date: 1976-10-20. Location: GRAND RIDGE, FL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RR. Shipper: OLIN CORP. Materials: UN1823; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID; hazard class 8; 1000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. 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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