PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2015080001 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — Irondale, AL

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Incident X-2015080001PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2015080001. Incident date: 2015-07-19. Location: Irondale, AL. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: Norfolk Southern Railway Company. Shipper: Occidental Chemical. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 600 LGA released. What failed: Tank Head; Tank Head. How failed: Leaked; Punctured. Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. 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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