PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1976110122 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID — CUMBERLAND, MD

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Incident I-1976110122PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1976110122. Incident date: 1976-10-20. Location: CUMBERLAND, MD. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. Shipper: PPG INDUSTRIES INC. Materials: UN1823; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID; hazard class 8; 80000 SLB released. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment; 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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