{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988020309","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988020309 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — URANIA, LA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1987-12-06","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1987-12-06 in URANIA, LA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1988020309.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1988020309.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1988020309","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=PCN7wmwm4xjhDu3EA2iVxw%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1988020309.\nIncident date: 1987-12-06.\nLocation: URANIA, LA.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.\nShipper: DOW CHEMICAL CO.\nMaterials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 16000 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":677}