PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1982030124 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — NEW SALEM, NE

Current as of 1982-02-09 Government source

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Incident I-1982030124PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1982030124. Incident date: 1982-02-09. Location: NEW SALEM, NE. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD. Shipper: SHELL CHEMICAL COMPANY. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 16000 LGA released. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Fire, Explosion. 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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