# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978010013 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — ELKHART, IN

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978010013
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978010013 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — ELKHART, IN
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
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- **effective on:** 1977-12-19
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1977-12-19 in ELKHART, IN.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978010013.
Incident date: 1977-12-19.
Location: ELKHART, IN.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL.
Shipper: BASF WYANDOTTE CORP.
Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 10102 LGA released.
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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