{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1985120240","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1985120240 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — BIRMINGHAM, AL","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1985-12-03","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1985-12-03 in BIRMINGHAM, AL.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1985120240.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1985120240.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1985120240","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=Nek8n5p0yAs4Y%2FmEu37FXA%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1985120240.\nIncident date: 1985-12-03.\nLocation: BIRMINGHAM, AL.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM.\nShipper: VULCAN MATERIALS CO.\nMaterials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 300 LGA released.\nHow failed: Punctured.\nReported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.\nReported result: Spillage.\nReporter-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.","truncated":false,"body_characters":681}