PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2005120301 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — CENTRAL SQUARE, NY

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Incident I-2005120301PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2005120301. Incident date: 2005-11-19. Location: CENTRAL SQUARE, NY. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION INC. Shipper: PCI CHEMICALS CANADA COMPANY. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 5000 LGA released. What failed: Tank Head. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment. 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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