PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2018020153 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — SAINT LOUIS, MO

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Incident I-2018020153PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2018020153. Incident date: 2017-12-28. Location: SAINT LOUIS, MO. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: CHEM STREAM. Shipper: UNIVAR/KINDER MORGAN ST. LOUIS LIQUIDS TERMINAL. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 800 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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