PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1995060773 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — DENVER, CO

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Incident I-1995060773PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1995060773. Incident date: 1995-05-15. Location: DENVER, CO. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: GREAT WESTERN CHEMICAL CO. Shipper: GREAT WESTERN CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 350 LGA released. What failed: Bottom Outlet Valve. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Dropped. 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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