# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2005021152 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — LOUISVILLE, KY

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2005021152
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2005021152 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — LOUISVILLE, KY
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2005-02-01
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2005-02-01 in LOUISVILLE, KY.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2005021152.
Incident date: 2005-02-01.
Location: LOUISVILLE, KY.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: FORT TRANSFER CO.
Shipper: K A STEEL CHEMICALS CO.
Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 5790 LGA released.
What failed: Bottom Outlet Valve.
How failed: Failed to Operate.
Reported failure causes: Freezing.
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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