PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997050002 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — DETROIT, MI

Current as of 1997-03-24 Government source

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Incident I-1997050002PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997050002. Incident date: 1997-03-24. Location: DETROIT, MI. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: BULK TRANSPORT CO. Shipper: DOW CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 4100 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Freezing. Reported result: Spillage, Environmental Damage. 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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