{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000060123","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000060123 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — CHARLOTTE, NC","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2000-05-20","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2000-05-20 in CHARLOTTE, NC.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2000060123.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2000060123.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2000060123","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-2000060123.\nIncident date: 2000-05-20.\nLocation: CHARLOTTE, NC.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: WORTH CHEMICAL CORP.\nShipper: ASHTA CHEMICAL.\nMaterials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 250 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings.\nHow failed: Cracked.\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":732}