PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997020589 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — PAX, WV

Current as of 1997-01-15 Government source

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Incident I-1997020589PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997020589. Incident date: 1997-01-15. Location: PAX, WV. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: WILLIAM EDWARDS INC. Shipper: CHEMSTATION INTERNATIONAL. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 150 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Inadequate Blocking and Bracing. 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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