PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2018110037 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — ARROYO GRANDE, CA

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Incident I-2018110037PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2018110037. Incident date: 2018-09-08. Location: ARROYO GRANDE, CA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: SYSTEM TRANSPORT A CORP. Shipper: UNIVAR USA. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 50 LGA released. What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing. How failed: Torn Off or Damaged. Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident. 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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