# PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2008030004 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — CHARLOTTE, NC

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2008030004
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2008030004 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — CHARLOTTE, NC
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2008-03-03
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2008-03-03 in CHARLOTTE, NC.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2008030004.
Incident date: 2008-03-03.
Location: CHARLOTTE, NC.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: Norfolk Southern Railway Company.
Shipper: Occidental Chemical Corp..
Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 150 LGA released.
What failed: Manway or Dome Cover.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, 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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