PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2009050454 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — DURHAM, NC

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Incident X-2009050454PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2009050454. Incident date: 2009-05-22. Location: DURHAM, NC. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: Norfolk Southern Railway Company. Shipper: Georgia Gulf. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 6200 LGA released. What failed: Tank Shell. How failed: Cracked. Reported failure causes: Stub Sill Separation from Tank (Tank Cars). Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, Environmental Damage. 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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