PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978110122 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID — LOMETA, TX

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Incident I-1978110122PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978110122. Incident date: 1978-10-15. Location: LOMETA, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: ATCHESON TOPEKA & SANTA FE RY. Shipper: DIAMOND SHAMROCK CORP. Materials: UN1823; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID; hazard class 8; 20200 SLB 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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