# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2020040485 — ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES — CHARLOTTE, NC

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2020040485  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2020-04-22  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2020-04-22 in CHARLOTTE, NC.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2020040485.
Incident date: 2020-04-22.
Location: CHARLOTTE, NC.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: XPO LOGISTICS, LLC.
Shipper: TERRESSENTIA CORPORATION.
Materials: UN3065; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; hazard class 3; 250 LGA released.
What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing.
How failed: Torn Off or Damaged.
Reported failure causes: Forklift 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=pvfmJSmtCtxNptXqTuur4g%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `3cee08b5a49b267e7185b8801c6e5b2c09e060806ad4f78a0172af3f22733d33`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T21:05:43.690Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2020040485`

### Source metadata

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```