# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977040561 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID — OAKLAND, CA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977040561
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977040561 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID — OAKLAND, CA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
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- **effective on:** 1977-03-31
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1977-03-31 in OAKLAND, CA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1977040561.
Incident date: 1977-03-31.
Location: OAKLAND, CA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP CO.
Shipper: PPG INDUSTRIES INC.
Materials: UN1823; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID; hazard class 8; 2000 SLB released.
Reported failure causes: Inadequate Blocking and Bracing.
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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