PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977120015 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — ASHTABULA, OH

Current as of 1977-11-04 Government source

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Incident I-1977120015PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1977120015. Incident date: 1977-11-04. Location: ASHTABULA, OH. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL. Shipper: IMC CHEMICAL GROUP INC. Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 10000 LGA 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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