PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2005070755 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — HOUSTON, TX

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Incident I-2005070755PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2005070755. Incident date: 2005-06-17. Location: HOUSTON, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. Shipper: OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 400 LGA released. What failed: Tank Shell; Weld or Seam. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Broken Component or Device. 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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