PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1999030680 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — ST LOUIS, MO

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Incident I-1999030680PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1999030680. Incident date: 1999-03-02. Location: ST LOUIS, MO. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: AMERICAN FREIGHTWAYS CO INC. Shipper: MISSOURI ELECTROCHEM CO. Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 265 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings. 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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