PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003120729 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — BARNEY, AL

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Incident I-2003120729PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2003120729. Incident date: 2003-11-22. Location: BARNEY, AL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD. Shipper: DUPONT. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 1 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Basic Material; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings; Weld or Seam. How failed: Ripped or Torn; Cracked. Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident; Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer. 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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