PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2001040193 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — GADSDEN, AL

Current as of 2001-03-25 Government source

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Incident I-2001040193PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2001040193. Incident date: 2001-03-25. Location: GADSDEN, AL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION. Shipper: WESTLAKE CA & O CORP. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 10 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. 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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