PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1983080097 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — YERMO, CA

Current as of 1983-07-28 Government source

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Incident I-1983080097PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1983080097. Incident date: 1983-07-28. Location: YERMO, CA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. Shipper: STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 283 LGA released. What failed: Weld or Seam. 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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