PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988050074 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — BERRIAN, WA

Current as of 1988-04-08 Government source

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Incident I-1988050074PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1988050074. Incident date: 1988-04-08. Location: BERRIAN, WA. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN RR CO. Shipper: PENNWALT CORP. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 14673 LGA released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 20 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage / 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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