PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1981100756 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — NIAGARA FALLS, NY

Current as of 1981-10-06 Government source

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Incident I-1981100756PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1981100756. Incident date: 1981-10-06. Location: NIAGARA FALLS, NY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL. Shipper: E I DUPONT. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 10000 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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