PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1980091378 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — GLENWOOD, WV

Current as of 1980-09-07 Government source

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Incident I-1980091378PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1980091378. Incident date: 1980-09-07. Location: GLENWOOD, WV. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. Shipper: PPG INDUSTRIES INC. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 4000 LGA released. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. 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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