PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998030571 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — DETROIT, MI

Current as of 1998-03-11 Government source

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Incident I-1998030571PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998030571. Incident date: 1998-03-11. Location: DETROIT, MI. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: PRESTON TRUCKING CO INC. Shipper: LABTECH. Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 300 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Improper Preparation for Transportation; Inadequate Blocking and Bracing. 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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