# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2011120042 — ACRYLONITRILE, STABILIZED — BIRMINGHAM, AL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2011120042  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2011-11-07  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2011-11-07 in BIRMINGHAM, AL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2011120042.
Incident date: 2011-11-07.
Location: BIRMINGHAM, AL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: Quality Carriers.
Shipper: Cornerstone Chemical Company.
Materials: UN1093; ACRYLONITRILE, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 20 LGA released.
What failed: Washout.
How failed: Cracked.
Reported failure causes: Deterioration or Aging; Incorrectly Sized Component or Device.
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=x7VHn3oPzUEKDax%2FghNGzQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `5f85f7e3eb5e05fe83ac6a186f9fa2d54dcc9133e90c35778dff3104234bc5b3`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T16:08:00.119Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2011120042`

### Source metadata

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  "routes": [
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```