{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998090550","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998090550 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID — ALSIP, IL","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1998-08-25","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1998-08-25 in ALSIP, IL.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1998090550.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1998090550.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1998090550","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=c0QBCRm0TDL3ZOxM9l94BA%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998090550.\nIncident date: 1998-08-25.\nLocation: ALSIP, IL.\nMode: Highway.\nCarrier/reporter: BULKMATIC TRANS CO.\nShipper: OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CO.\nMaterials: UN1823; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID; hazard class 8; 0.5 SLB released.\nWhat failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.\nHow failed: Burst or Ruptured.\nReported failure causes: Loose Closure, 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":721}