PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997080347 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — CYPRESS, FL

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Incident I-1997080347PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997080347. Incident date: 1997-06-04. Location: CYPRESS, FL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION. Shipper: AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC / CARBONIC INDUSTRIES CORP / DEGUSSA CORP / PIONEER CHLORALKALI CO INC. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 10375 LGA released | UN1942; AMMONIUM NITRATE, WITH NOT MORE THAN 0.2% OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS, INCLUDING ANY ORGANIC SUBSTANCE CALCULATED AS CARBON TO THE EXCLUSION OF ANY OTHER ADDED SUBSTANCE; hazard class 5.1; 40000 SLB released | UN2015; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, STABILIZED OR HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, STABILIZED WITH MORE THAN 60 PERCENT HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; hazard class 5.1; 1300 LGA released | UN2187; CARBON DIOXIDE, REFRIGERATED LIQUID; hazard class 2.2; 0 released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Punctured. 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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