# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2009120404 — CAUSTIC ALKALI LIQUIDS, N.O.S. — MEDWAY, ME

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2009120404  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2009-11-16  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2009-11-16 in MEDWAY, ME.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2009120404.
Incident date: 2009-11-16.
Location: MEDWAY, ME.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: MLG Trucking.
Shipper: Buckman Laboratories.
Materials: UN1719; CAUSTIC ALKALI LIQUIDS, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 312.5 LGA released | UN2922; CORROSIVE LIQUIDS, TOXIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 431.25 LGA released | UN3265; CORROSIVE LIQUID, ACIDIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 305.75 LGA released | UN3265; CORROSIVE LIQUID, ACIDIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 681.25 LGA released.
What failed: Body.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
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.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=BuKDTiNUK%2BstVNF%2BqKMnGw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `6fe7484f137fa13c04b236b97fa27afc29d25ea811c49f9095ddfa7878321d90`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T11:24:39.052Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2009120404`

### Source metadata

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