PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998060623 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — ST PAUL, MN

Current as of 1998-03-24 Government source

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Incident I-1998060623PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998060623. Incident date: 1998-03-24. Location: ST PAUL, MN. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: SOLVAY (TENNECO) MINERALS. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 6000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. 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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