{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979070975","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979070975 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — SPRINGFIELD, MA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1978-10-12","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1978-10-12 in SPRINGFIELD, MA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979070975.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979070975.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979070975","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=cl2lQAjQ2Y%2BlO6k%2F01sFwg%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979070975.\nIncident date: 1978-10-12.\nLocation: SPRINGFIELD, MA.\nMode: Highway.\nCarrier/reporter: LA PLACE L J & M.\nShipper: LA PLACE L J & M.\nMaterials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 800 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.\nReported failure causes: Defective Component or Device.\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":685}