PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1981110566 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID — ATLANTA, GA

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Incident I-1981110566PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1981110566. Incident date: 1981-11-04. Location: ATLANTA, GA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM. Shipper: OLIN CORP. Materials: UN1823; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID; hazard class 8; 8000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. 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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