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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003120729
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003120729 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — BARNEY, AL
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
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- **effective on:** 2003-11-22
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2003-11-22 in BARNEY, AL.
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PHMSA 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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