PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2020070155 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — KANSAS CITY, KS

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Incident I-2020070155PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2020070155. Incident date: 2020-06-15. Location: KANSAS CITY, KS. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: HARCROS CHEMICALS INC.. Shipper: Reagant Chemical and Research, Inc.. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 5700.875 LGA released. What failed: Valve Body. 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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