PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2016120079 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — JACKSONVILLE, AR

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Incident I-2016120079PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2016120079. Incident date: 2016-12-01. Location: JACKSONVILLE, AR. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: UNIVAR USA INC.. Shipper: UNIVAR USA. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 50 LGA released. What failed: Bottom Outlet Valve. 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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