PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2020040007 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — ROCKFORD, IL

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Incident I-2020040007PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2020040007. Incident date: 2020-03-04. Location: ROCKFORD, IL. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: KAG SPECIALTY PRODUCTS GROUP LLC. Shipper: KA STEEL CHEMICALS INC.. Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 5640.625 LGA released. What failed: Valve Body. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Broken Component or Device. 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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