# PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2016050789 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — WASHINGTON, DC

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2016050789
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2016050789 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — WASHINGTON, DC
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
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- **effective on:** 2016-05-01
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2016-05-01 in WASHINGTON, DC.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2016050789.
Incident date: 2016-05-01.
Location: WASHINGTON, DC.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CSX Transportation.
Shipper: AXIALL Corporation / INGREDION INCORPORATED.
Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 729 LGA released | UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 682 LGA released.
What failed: Bottom Outlet Valve / Liquid Line.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Derailment / Loose Closure, Component, or Device.
Reported result: Spillage, 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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