# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1983110417 — METHYL ETHYL KETONE — CLEVELAND, TN

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1983110417  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1983-11-02  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1983-11-02 in CLEVELAND, TN.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1983110417.
Incident date: 1983-11-02.
Location: CLEVELAND, TN.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: CENTRAL TRANSPORT INC.
Shipper: CELANESE CHEMICAL CO.INC..
Materials: UN1193; METHYL ETHYL KETONE; hazard class 3; 166 LGA released | UN1198; FORMALDEHYDE SOLUTION (FLASH POINT NOT MORE THAN 141 DEG F.; IN CONTAINERS OVER 110 GALLONS); hazard class 2.0; 166 LGA released | UN1779; FORMIC ACID WITH MORE THAN 85% ACID BY MASS; hazard class 8; 166 LGA released.
Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
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=nNm0jIQHPmXK85ydupvcCQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `20d84c00423712821dac51c8e5603fd760e200aa53a7391d7e490d889dcb8e9c`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T11:24:48.589Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1983110417`

### Source metadata

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  "materials": [
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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.",
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}
```