PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2013110254 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — MEMPHIS, TN

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Incident I-2013110254PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2013110254. Incident date: 2013-10-21. Location: MEMPHIS, TN. Mode: Water. Carrier/reporter: VERTEX CHEMICAL CORPORATION. Shipper: AXIALL INC.. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 8300 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Human Error. 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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