PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2020040231 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — Petersburg, VA

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Incident I-2020040231PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2020040231. Incident date: 2020-03-19. Location: Petersburg, VA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: KAG WEST, LLC. Shipper: SUFFOLK SOLUTIONS. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 500 LGA released. Reported failure causes: Human Error. Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer. 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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