PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997041163 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — TAFT, CA

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Incident I-1997041163PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997041163. Incident date: 1997-04-03. Location: TAFT, CA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS. Shipper: BUCKMAN LABORATORIES INC. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 275 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. 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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