PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2008070124 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — SPRINGFIELD, MO

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Incident X-2008070124PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2008070124. Incident date: 2008-06-05. Location: SPRINGFIELD, MO. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BNSF Railway Company. Shipper: Occidental Chemical Corporation. Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 8000 LGA released. What failed: Basic Material. How failed: Punctured. Reported failure causes: Derailment. 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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