PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1981070340 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — YAZOO CITY, MS

Current as of 1981-06-15 Government source

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Incident I-1981070340PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1981070340. Incident date: 1981-06-15. Location: YAZOO CITY, MS. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: ILLINOIS CENRAL GULLF RR. Shipper: STAUFFER CHEMICAL IND CHEM. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 12198 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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