# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2010040286 — PAINT INCLUDING PAINT, LACQUER, ENAMEL, STAIN, SHELLAC SOLUTIONS, VARNISH, POLISH, LIQUID FILLER AND LIQUID LACQUER BASE — TUCSON, AZ

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2010040286  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2009-07-24  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2009-07-24 in TUCSON, AZ.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2010040286.
Incident date: 2009-07-24.
Location: TUCSON, AZ.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: SAIA MOTOR FREIGHT.
Shipper: COMPOSITES ONE LLC / EPMAR CORPORATION / VALSPAR CORPORATION.
Materials: UN1263; PAINT INCLUDING PAINT, LACQUER, ENAMEL, STAIN, SHELLAC SOLUTIONS, VARNISH, POLISH, LIQUID FILLER AND LIQUID LACQUER BASE; hazard class 3; 26.375 LGA released | UN1263; PAINT; hazard class 2.0; 67.5 LGA released | UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 57.5 LGA released | UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 17.25 LGA released | UN3106; ORGANIC PEROXIDE TYPE D, SOLID; hazard class 5.2; 211 SLB released | UN3264; CORROSIVE LIQUID, ACIDIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 235.75 LGA released.
What failed: Body.
How failed: Structural.
Reported failure causes: Fire, Temperature, or Heat.
Reported result: Spillage.
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=C%2BJLu3O5URbCdZKLQpEtnQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `fcc7cba4db6e215ec0fadfc8748d53a29521ec50895b56abcc77f3ba23df20af`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T04:29:15.927Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2010040286`

### Source metadata

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  ],
  "routes": [
    "I-10 EAST MM 220"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "TUCSON"
  ],
  "states": [
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  "caveat": "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.",
  "privacyCaveat": "The public CSV excludes preparer contact fields. Event Description is intentionally excluded from normalized records and search output to reduce incidental personal-information risk.",
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}
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