{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998060623","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998060623 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — ST PAUL, MN","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1998-03-24","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1998-03-24 in ST PAUL, MN.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1998060623.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1998060623.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1998060623","source_url":"https://portalpublic.phmsa.dot.gov/analytics/saw.dll?Portal?PortalPath=/shared/Public%20Website%20Pages/_portal/Hazmat%20Incident%20Report%20Search","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998060623.\nIncident date: 1998-03-24.\nLocation: ST PAUL, MN.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.\nShipper: SOLVAY (TENNECO) MINERALS.\nMaterials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 6000 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings.\nReported failure causes: Defective Component or Device.\nReported result: Spillage.\nReporter-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.","truncated":false,"body_characters":718}