PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978030539 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID — ASHLAND, TN

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Incident I-1978030539PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978030539. Incident date: 1978-02-28. Location: ASHLAND, TN. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD. Shipper: ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD. Materials: UN1823; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID; hazard class 8; 1600 SLB released. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer. 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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