# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2014020252 — HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTIONS — MORGANTOWN, PA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2014020252  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2014-01-20  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2014-01-20 in MORGANTOWN, PA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2014020252.
Incident date: 2014-01-20.
Location: MORGANTOWN, PA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: Univar USA Inc..
Shipper: Univar USA Inc..
Materials: UN1791; HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTIONS; hazard class 8; 250 LGA released.
What failed: Body.
How failed: Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Inadequate Blocking and Bracing.
Reported result: Spillage, 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=NB9bMa7C1F1Ctk8XZbxsvw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `5d5d98eb624b8d144707851109fa330b16b99b67a3243c8fed2357994f33968d`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T02:42:00.348Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2014020252`

### Source metadata

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    "Univar USA Inc."
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```