# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2006080314 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — WESTPORT, PA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2006080314
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2006080314 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — WESTPORT, PA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
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- **effective on:** 2006-06-30
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2006-06-30 in WESTPORT, PA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2006080314.
Incident date: 2006-06-30.
Location: WESTPORT, PA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
Shipper: PCI CHEMICALS CANADA COMPANY.
Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 13000 LGA released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 16000 LGA released.
What failed: Tank Shell.
How failed: Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Derailment.
Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, Environmental Damage.
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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