PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997060131 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — HILLSBOROUGH, NC

Current as of 1997-05-16 Government source

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Incident I-1997060131PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997060131. Incident date: 1997-05-16. Location: HILLSBOROUGH, NC. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: AVERITT EXPRESS INC. Shipper: CONVATEC BRISTOL MYERS. Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 300 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. 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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