# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002100741 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — FARRAGUT, TN

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002100741
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002100741 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — FARRAGUT, TN
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 2002-09-15
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2002-09-15 in FARRAGUT, TN.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2002100741.
Incident date: 2002-09-15.
Location: FARRAGUT, TN.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD.
Shipper: DU PONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO / MAGNOX PULASKI INC.
Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 20 LGA released | UN1831; SULFURIC ACID, FUMING; hazard class 8; 3200 LGA released.
What failed: Basic Material.
How failed: Punctured / Punctured; Crushed.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage / Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
Reported result: Spillage, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion, Environmental Damage.
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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