# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1986090551 — AMMONIUM ACETATE — DURHAM, NC

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1986090551  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1986-09-04  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1986-09-04 in DURHAM, NC.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1986090551.
Incident date: 1986-09-04.
Location: DURHAM, NC.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: SOUTHCHEM INC.
Shipper: SOUTHCHEM INC.
Materials: NA9079; AMMONIUM ACETATE; hazard class 9; 220 SLB released | UN1090; ACETONE; hazard class 3; 111 LGA released | UN1263; PAINT RELATED MATERIAL INCLUDING PAINT THINNING, DRYING, REMOVING, OR REDUCING COMPOUND; hazard class 3; 55 LGA released | UN1384; SODIUM HYDROSULFITE (SODIUM DITHIONITE); hazard class 4.4; 4000 SLB released | UN1496; SODIUM CHLORITE; hazard class 5.1; 220 SLB released | UN1496; SODIUM CHLORITE; hazard class 5.1; 2750 SLB released | UN1505; SODIUM PERSULFATE; hazard class 5.1; 1870 SLB released | UN1748; CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE, DRY OR CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE MIXTURES DRY WITH MORE THAN 39 PERCENT AVAILABLE CHLORINE (8.8 PERCENT AVAILABLE OXYGEN); hazard class 5.1; 140 SLB released | UN1748; CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE, DRY OR CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE MIXTURES DRY WITH MORE THAN 39 PERCENT AVAILABLE CHLORINE (8.8 PERCENT AVAILABLE OXYGEN); hazard class 5.1; 500 SLB released | UN1775; FLUOROBORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 30 LGA released | UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 110 LGA released | UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 20 LGA released | UN1791; HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTIONS WITH MORE THAN 5 PERCENT BUT LESS THAN 16 PERCENT AVAILABLE CHLORINE; hazard class 8; 15 LGA released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 220 LGA released | UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 165 LGA released | UN1910; CALCIUM OXIDE; hazard class 8; 25 SLB released | UN2031; NITRIC ACID (OVER 40%); hazard class 5.1; 180 LGA released | UN2831; 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE; hazard class 6.1; 55 LGA 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
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