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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997080347
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997080347 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — CYPRESS, FL
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 1997-06-04
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1997-06-04 in CYPRESS, FL.
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PHMSA 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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