PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998090466 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — HARRISBURG, NC

Current as of 1998-09-09 Government source

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Incident I-1998090466PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998090466. Incident date: 1998-09-09. Location: HARRISBURG, NC. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD. Shipper: OLIN CORP. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 200 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Cracked. Reported failure causes: Vandalism; Derailment; Rollover Accident. Reported result: Spillage, Environmental Damage. 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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