PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1993040761 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — NAPOLEON, OH

Current as of 1993-03-05 Government source

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Incident I-1993040761PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1993040761. Incident date: 1993-03-05. Location: NAPOLEON, OH. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: H V C CHEMICAL COMPANY. Shipper: H V C CHEMICAL COMPANY. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 218.75 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Cracked. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. Reported result: Spillage, Environmental Damage. 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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