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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997090036
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997090036 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — MICHIGAN CITY, IN
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
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- **effective on:** 1997-08-06
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1997-08-06 in MICHIGAN CITY, IN.
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PHMSA 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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