# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2024070519 — CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S. — CHATTANOOGA, TN

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2024070519  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2024-07-12  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2024-07-12 in CHATTANOOGA, TN.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2024070519.
Incident date: 2024-07-12.
Location: CHATTANOOGA, TN.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: R & L CARRIERS, INC..
Shipper: DyStar LP Reidsville.
Materials: UN3267; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 300 LGA released.
What failed: Body.
How failed: Crushed.
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=7i7d%2B1LO7nXoH2AvPCtl7A%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `953ceb24ec8293b570ddb3c86ab5d43b237cdcd95f04ace0b2e7022e049cf920`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T16:19:05.387Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2024070519`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
  "carrierReporterNames": [
    "R & L CARRIERS, INC."
  ],
  "shipperNames": [
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  ],
  "routes": [
    "2217 Polymer Dr"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "CHATTANOOGA"
  ],
  "states": [
    "TN"
  ],
  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
    "Highway"
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      "identificationNumber": "UN3267",
      "commodityName": "CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S.",
      "hazardousClass": "8",
      "quantityReleased": "300",
      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
    }
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      "outerType": "IBC",
      "outerCapacity": "13860",
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      "outerShipmentCount": "2",
      "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"
}
```