PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2020010215 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — MOBILE, AL

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Incident I-2020010215PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2020010215. Incident date: 2019-11-20. Location: MOBILE, AL. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: OIL RECOVERY COMPANY, INC. OF ALABAMA. Shipper: OIL RECOVERY COMPANY, INC. OF ALABAMA. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 250 LGA released. What failed: Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug). How failed: Torn Off or Damaged. 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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