PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002110632 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — TUSCALOOSA, AL

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Incident I-2002110632PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2002110632. Incident date: 2002-10-11. Location: TUSCALOOSA, AL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD. Shipper: OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CO. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 2000 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Cracked; Crushed. Reported failure causes: Derailment; 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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