# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2025070521 — OXIDIZING LIQUID, CORROSIVE, N.O.S. — Birmingham, AL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2025070521  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2025-07-16  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2025-07-16 in Birmingham, AL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2025070521.
Incident date: 2025-07-16.
Location: Birmingham, AL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: AAA COOPER TRANSPORTATION.
Shipper: PLATING INTERNATIONAL, INC..
Materials: UN3098; OXIDIZING LIQUID, CORROSIVE, N.O.S.; hazard class 5.1; 125 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=jpys3X%2FEhHWQbzwKsNetCQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `25609a3eabfae59b25155a20f08f2955a265acb836fdc390aa91396fea8e6596`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T00:04:42.352Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2025070521`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
  "carrierReporterNames": [
    "AAA COOPER TRANSPORTATION"
  ],
  "shipperNames": [
    "PLATING INTERNATIONAL, INC."
  ],
  "routes": [
    "661 Avenue W"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "Birmingham"
  ],
  "states": [
    "AL"
  ],
  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
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      "identificationNumber": "UN3098",
      "commodityName": "OXIDIZING LIQUID, CORROSIVE, N.O.S.",
      "hazardousClass": "5.1",
      "quantityReleased": "125",
      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
    }
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  "packages": [
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      "outerMaterial": "Plastic",
      "outerType": "IBC",
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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"
}
```