PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2007010080 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — PORT ARTHUR, TX

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Incident I-2007010080PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2007010080. Incident date: 2006-12-11. Location: PORT ARTHUR, TX. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL. Shipper: OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 0.25 LGA released. What failed: Discharge Valve or Coupling; Loading or Unloading Lines. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Human Error; Missing 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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