# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2020010582 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — E MOLINE, IL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2020010582  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2019-11-27  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2019-11-27 in E MOLINE, IL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2020010582.
Incident date: 2019-11-27.
Location: E MOLINE, IL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: FEDEX FREIGHT, INC..
Shipper: DIVERSEY INC.
Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 489.375 LGA released.
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=TRo69fAFvDQMBHQxo%2Bs%2FKg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `4a47fe2b4f9266922ebd68dead80b34422210df21a55eb904b7d9b5dd0bd48c6`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T03:29:59.722Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2020010582`

### Source metadata

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  "routes": [
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  "states": [
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      "commodityName": "SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION",
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    }
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  "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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}
```