# Apexical, Inc.

**Citation:** 18-0061-SH-SO  
**Type / status:** enforcement / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** Not stated  
**Published:** 2020-09-25

Orders of the Chief Counsel involving Apexical, Inc., reported 2020-09-25.

## Document text

Docket Number: PHMSA-2020-0114 Respondent was assessed a civil penalty of $18,000 for six violations of the HMR when it offered for transportation, in commerce, Class 8 hazardous materials in non-bulk packages while failing to properly label the packages with a primary corrosive hazard label; offered for transportation, in commerce, liquid hazardous materials in specification packagings marked 1H2/Y200/S/17/USA/M5884, which are certified for solids; offered for transportation, in commerce, a hazardous material (UN1814, Potassium hydroxide, solution, 8, PG II), accompanied by a shipping paper that failed to include the proper shipping name, hazard class, or packing group; allowed employees to perform a function subject to the requirements of the HMR while failing to provide initial hazmat training (general awareness, function-specific, safety, and security awareness); offered for transportation, in commerce, a hazardous material in a non-bulk package, marked with an incorrect proper shipping name; and offered for transportation, in commerce, hazardous materials in non-bulk packages that were marked with identification numbers not meeting the minimum height requirement.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/content/apexical-inc>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-enforcement`
- SHA-256: `1aeb6a6248fbf8ff95310302b0d7bcbe91506783486d9e0de4de9ae69099ae3e`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:00:39.504Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T05:15:57.944Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-enforcement-apexical-inc-content`

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