PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2025111273 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — BAYTOWN, TX

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Incident X-2025111273PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2025111273. Incident date: 2025-10-01. Location: BAYTOWN, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY INC. Shipper: Shentech. Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 14050 LGA released. What failed: Tank Shell. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Human Error. 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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