PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1984040127 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — CHICAGO, IL

Current as of 1984-03-15 Government source

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Incident I-1984040127PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1984040127. Incident date: 1984-03-15. Location: CHICAGO, IL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BELT RAILWAY CO OF CHICAGO. Shipper: PENNWALT CORP. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 16000 LGA released. How failed: Punctured. 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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