{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979120439","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979120439 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — DETROIT, MI","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1979-12-04","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1979-12-04 in DETROIT, MI.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979120439.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979120439.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979120439","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=Y9I10ffSyjgQmAmUoIwAlw%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979120439.\nIncident date: 1979-12-04.\nLocation: DETROIT, MI.\nMode: Highway.\nCarrier/reporter: MICHIGAN TRANSPORTATION CO.\nShipper: BASF WYANDOTTE CORP.\nMaterials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 3512 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.\nReported failure causes: Loose Closure, 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":701}