PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1980020192 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID — PORTLAND, OR

Current as of 1979-12-27 Government source

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Incident I-1980020192PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1980020192. Incident date: 1979-12-27. Location: PORTLAND, OR. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC. Shipper: PPG INDUSTRIES INC. Materials: UN1823; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID; hazard class 8; 13750 SLB released. Reported failure causes: Inadequate Blocking and Bracing. 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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