PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998090550 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID — ALSIP, IL

Current as of 1998-08-25 Government source

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Incident I-1998090550PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998090550. Incident date: 1998-08-25. Location: ALSIP, IL. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: BULKMATIC TRANS CO. Shipper: OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1823; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID; hazard class 8; 0.5 SLB released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, 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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