PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979020023 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — CHICAGO, IL

Current as of 1979-01-31 Government source

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Incident I-1979020023PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979020023. Incident date: 1979-01-31. Location: CHICAGO, IL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD. Shipper: PENNWALT CORP. Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 7500 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. 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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