# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1982080286 — PETROLEUM SPIRIT — AUSTIN, TX

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1982080286  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1982-07-30  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1982-07-30 in AUSTIN, TX.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1982080286.
Incident date: 1982-07-30.
Location: AUSTIN, TX.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: RED ARROW FREIGHT LINES, INC..
Shipper: EASTMAN KODAK / MCB MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS.
Materials: UN1271; PETROLEUM SPIRIT; hazard class 3; 1000 SLB released | UN1294; TOLUENE; hazard class 3; 240 SLB released | UN1648; METHYL CYANIDE; hazard class 3; 240 SLB released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 240 SLB released | UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 240 SLB released | UN1993; FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 240 SLB released | UN2790; ACETIC ACID SOLUTION, NOT LESS THAN 50 PERCENT BUT NOT MORE THAN 80 PERCENT ACID, BY MASS; hazard class 8; 240 SLB released.
Reported failure causes: Fire, Temperature, or Heat.
Reported result: Fire.
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=fYxeTTMFk0Q%2Bl8ED%2FFbTQw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `a2b39529a18a6e6304d53fc7b085a3663f574fc11bb8eb1f6d39fd78561b2aba`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T19:22:16.255Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1982080286`

### Source metadata

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