# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1984050362 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — PITTSBURG, CA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1984050362
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1984050362 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — PITTSBURG, CA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
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- **effective on:** 1984-04-16
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1984-04-16 in PITTSBURG, CA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1984050362.
Incident date: 1984-04-16.
Location: PITTSBURG, CA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: MATLACK INC.
Shipper: DOW CHEMICAL CO.
Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 2500 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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