PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997090036 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — MICHIGAN CITY, IN

Current as of 1997-08-06 Government source

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Incident I-1997090036PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997090036. Incident date: 1997-08-06. Location: MICHIGAN CITY, IN. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: MCKINLEY TRUCKING CO. Shipper: K A STEEL CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 2890 LGA released. What failed: Liner. How failed: Ripped or Torn. Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer. 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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