{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1996091214","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1996091214 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — PORT ALLEN, LA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1996-08-16","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1996-08-16 in PORT ALLEN, LA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1996091214.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1996091214.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1996091214","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=QwK3LQaVeBqquXhG7GXC%2Bg%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1996091214.\nIncident date: 1996-08-16.\nLocation: PORT ALLEN, LA.\nMode: Highway.\nCarrier/reporter: HARCROS CHEMICAL.\nShipper: HARCROS CHEMICAL.\nMaterials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 700 LGA released | UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 92.5 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug).\nHow failed: Cracked.\nReported failure causes: Inadequate Blocking and Bracing; Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.\nReported result: Spillage, Environmental Damage.\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":841}