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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2020070155
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2020070155 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — KANSAS CITY, KS
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2020-06-15
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2020-06-15 in KANSAS CITY, KS.
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PHMSA 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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