PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2015020018 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — GEISMAR, LA

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Incident I-2015020018PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2015020018. Incident date: 2015-01-09. Location: GEISMAR, LA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: QUALITY CARRIERS INC.. Shipper: WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORPORATION. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 200 LGA released. What failed: Loading or Unloading Lines. 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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