# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018080173 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — TAMPA, FL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018080173  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2018-08-06  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2018-08-06 in TAMPA, FL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2018080173.
Incident date: 2018-08-06.
Location: TAMPA, FL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: AVERITT EXPRESS, INC..
Shipper: HARCROS CHEMICALS INC..
Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 150 LGA released.
What failed: Body.
How failed: Cracked.
Reported failure causes: Inadequate 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=6bQEkBtUUHDOQ9nHcj0A9g%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `a7ed7904d0d6be981f5786ceac39dd3a8aecaf41e16e5607f9af75f6e6732ca3`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T00:04:53.177Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2018080173`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
  "carrierReporterNames": [
    "AVERITT EXPRESS, INC."
  ],
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  ],
  "routes": [
    "6622 E Hillsborough Ave"
  ],
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    "TAMPA"
  ],
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    "FL"
  ],
  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
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  "materials": [
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      "commodityName": "POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION",
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      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
    }
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      "outerType": "IBC",
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      "outerShipmentCount": "0",
      "outerFailedCount": "0",
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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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}
```