# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018060420 — PRINTING INK, FLAMMABLE OR PRINTING INK RELATED MATERIAL (INCLUDING PRINTING INK THINNING OR REDUCING COMPOUND), FLAMMABLE — EL PASO, TX

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018060420  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2018-05-21  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2018-05-21 in EL PASO, TX.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2018060420.
Incident date: 2018-05-21.
Location: EL PASO, TX.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: XPO LOGISTICS, LLC.
Shipper: CAI INC.
Materials: UN1210; PRINTING INK, FLAMMABLE OR PRINTING INK RELATED MATERIAL (INCLUDING PRINTING INK THINNING OR REDUCING COMPOUND), FLAMMABLE; hazard class 3; 156.25 LGA released.
What failed: Body.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Improper Preparation for Transportation.
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=ArqTYcjrLxM1J4IZJUl%2FwQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `156c3c4280c42ce091e08b55fa8391baf06e906e28336b9469f49646a3494744`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T10:32:22.306Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2018060420`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
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  "shipperNames": [
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  "routes": [
    "1451 Goodyear Drive"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "EL PASO"
  ],
  "states": [
    "TX"
  ],
  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
    "Highway"
  ],
  "materials": [
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      "identificationNumber": "UN1210",
      "commodityName": "PRINTING INK, FLAMMABLE OR PRINTING INK RELATED MATERIAL (INCLUDING PRINTING INK THINNING OR REDUCING COMPOUND), FLAMMABLE",
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      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
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  "packages": [
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      "outerMaterial": "Steel",
      "outerType": "Jerrican",
      "outerCapacity": "5",
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      "outerShipmentCount": "60",
      "outerFailedCount": "1",
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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.",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}
```