# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2020080573 — ACETONE — NEW CUMBERLND, PA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2020080573  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2020-08-18  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2020-08-18 in NEW CUMBERLND, PA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2020080573.
Incident date: 2020-08-18.
Location: NEW CUMBERLND, PA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: Pitt Ohio.
Shipper: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS, LLC / Ecolab.
Materials: UN1090; ACETONE; hazard class 3; 165 LGA released | UN1090; ACETONE; hazard class 3; 3.5 LGA released | UN1263; PAINT INCLUDING PAINT, LACQUER, ENAMEL, STAIN, SHELLAC SOLUTIONS, VARNISH, POLISH, LIQUID FILLER AND LIQUID LACQUER BASE; hazard class 3; 103.75 LGA released | UN1263; PAINT INCLUDING PAINT, LACQUER, ENAMEL, STAIN, SHELLAC SOLUTIONS, VARNISH, POLISH, LIQUID FILLER AND LIQUID LACQUER BASE; hazard class 3; 67 LGA released | UN1263; PAINT RELATED MATERIAL INCLUDING PAINT THINNING, DRYING, REMOVING, OR REDUCING COMPOUND; hazard class 3; 1154 LGA released | UN1263; PAINT RELATED MATERIAL INCLUDING PAINT THINNING, DRYING, REMOVING, OR REDUCING COMPOUND; hazard class 3; 27.375 LGA released | UN3109; ORGANIC PEROXIDE TYPE F, LIQUID; hazard class 5.2; 12 LGA released | UN3109; ORGANIC PEROXIDE TYPE F, LIQUID; hazard class 5.2; 46 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=H1feDGmqlL%2BkkBVd0iNDuA%3D%3D>
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- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T05:29:36.583Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2020080573`

### Source metadata

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