{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997020589","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997020589 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — PAX, WV","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1997-01-15","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1997-01-15 in PAX, WV.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997020589.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997020589.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997020589","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=64NbM%2FAkxXRCMp3TIKOwPw%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997020589.\nIncident date: 1997-01-15.\nLocation: PAX, WV.\nMode: Highway.\nCarrier/reporter: WILLIAM EDWARDS INC.\nShipper: CHEMSTATION INTERNATIONAL.\nMaterials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 150 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings.\nReported failure causes: Inadequate Blocking and Bracing.\nReported result: Spillage.\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":712}