PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1984100033 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — CICERO, IL

Current as of 1984-09-16 Government source

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Incident I-1984100033PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1984100033. Incident date: 1984-09-16. Location: CICERO, IL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN RR CO. Shipper: PENNWALT CORP. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 1000 LGA released. 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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