{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978120566","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978120566 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — PORTLAND, OR","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1978-12-01","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1978-12-01 in PORTLAND, OR.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1978120566.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1978120566.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1978120566","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=u6BaDlMNTwJEvsBeBBYJgQ%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978120566.\nIncident date: 1978-12-01.\nLocation: PORTLAND, OR.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP CO.\nShipper: PPG INDUSTRIES INC.\nMaterials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 8000 SLB released.\nHow failed: Punctured.\nReported failure causes: Inadequate Blocking and Bracing.\nReported result: Spillage.\nReporter-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.","truncated":false,"body_characters":667}