PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1990070109 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID — LARAMIE, WY

Current as of 1990-05-19 Government source

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Incident I-1990070109PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1990070109. Incident date: 1990-05-19. Location: LARAMIE, WY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: PPG INDUSTRIES INC. Materials: UN1823; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID; hazard class 8; 0 released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device. Reported result: Spillage, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion. 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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