PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1987080501 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — CHARLOTTE, NC

Current as of 1987-08-03 Government source

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Incident I-1987080501PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1987080501. Incident date: 1987-08-03. Location: CHARLOTTE, NC. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: JONES CHEMICALS INC. Shipper: STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 200 LGA released. What failed: Hose; Loading or Unloading Lines. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. 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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