PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2016030259 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — ROMULUS, MI

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Incident I-2016030259PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2016030259. Incident date: 2016-03-23. Location: ROMULUS, MI. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: HOLLAND. Shipper: ATOTECH. Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 230 LGA released. What failed: Liner; Liner. How failed: Punctured; Punctured. Reported failure causes: Improper Preparation for Transportation; Improper Preparation for Transportation. Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer. 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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