Sodium hydroxide related fatality

Caustic by nature, reacts to water, will cause chemical burns to skin and eyes. refered to as caustic soda or lye.

 

per the local news;

driver told his co that the tank had a leak.

might have something to do with it?

 

WoW!

Skin trailer, wonder if the were using air to push it off, maybe the void vent was plugged and it blew # 6 away if was leaking into the void...

Doesn't look like a lot of liquid spilled, left to long building pressure -or- blew when it went MT?

I never saw one split like this.

 

Just guessing, appears to be a multi compartment. Maybe had a leak between the double bulkheads and he had an acid in the other compartment?