# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978070916 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — INDIANAPOLIS, IN

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978070916
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978070916 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
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- **effective on:** 1978-06-30
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1978-06-30 in INDIANAPOLIS, IN.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978070916.
Incident date: 1978-06-30.
Location: INDIANAPOLIS, IN.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: WEIGAND A J INC.
Shipper: PPG INDUSTRIES INC.
Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 2700 SLB released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.
Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device.
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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