{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988050074","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988050074 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — BERRIAN, WA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1988-04-08","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1988-04-08 in BERRIAN, WA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1988050074.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1988050074.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1988050074","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=JKwUWmw5TOo7ZyIlgGmt1A%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1988050074.\nIncident date: 1988-04-08.\nLocation: BERRIAN, WA.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN RR CO.\nShipper: PENNWALT CORP.\nMaterials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 14673 LGA released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 20 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Basic Material.\nHow failed: Punctured.\nReported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage / 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":843}