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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2009050454
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2009050454 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — DURHAM, NC
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2009-05-22
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2009-05-22 in DURHAM, NC.
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PHMSA 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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