PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2016040032 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — CANTON, MI

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Incident I-2016040032PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2016040032. Incident date: 2016-01-19. Location: CANTON, MI. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: YRC INC. Shipper: MCGEAN ROHCO INCORPORATED. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 200 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. Reported failure causes: Inadequate Preparation for Transportation. 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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