# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2013050087 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — BECKLEY, WV

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2013050087  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2013-05-02  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2013-05-02 in BECKLEY, WV.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2013050087.
Incident date: 2013-05-02.
Location: BECKLEY, WV.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: FedEx Freight.
Shipper: Kay chemical.
Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 0.007809 LGA released.
What failed: Basic Material.
How failed: Crushed.
Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident.
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=N23R0KPl1DtN9oHOsnKGyw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `ae4feaa082e36c9667355db6fd6342050e863e8d5fe9e2deaeb7c3a3d6093ea6`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T01:41:28.863Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2013050087`

### Source metadata

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  "routes": [
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  "states": [
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      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
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      "outerMaterial": "Fiberboard",
      "outerType": "Box",
      "outerCapacity": "0.52836",
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      "outerShipmentCount": "24",
      "outerFailedCount": "2",
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```