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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2015080001
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2015080001 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — Irondale, AL
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2015-07-19
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2015-07-19 in Irondale, AL.
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PHMSA 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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