PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977120834 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — EAST DEERFIELD, MA

Current as of 1977-12-03 Government source

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Incident I-1977120834PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1977120834. Incident date: 1977-12-03. Location: EAST DEERFIELD, MA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BOSTON & MAINE CORP. Shipper: VENTRON CORP. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 1500 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. 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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