PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997051090 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — DANBURY, OH

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Incident I-1997051090PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997051090. Incident date: 1997-04-21. Location: DANBURY, OH. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL. Shipper: OLIN CORP. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 0.25 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Derailment. 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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