# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1992110681 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1992110681  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1992-11-12  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1992-11-12 in MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1992110681.
Incident date: 1992-11-12.
Location: MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: WEBB CHEMICAL SERVICE CORP.
Shipper: WEBB CHEMICAL SERVICE CORP.
Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 680 LGA released.
Reported failure causes: Improper 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=pSkiCtNOs5aDbGVtykCUcQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `b58bf51c6cf0ac7b88cc2d8091f530a7f92bce9495e76496d77afc0ab56830b0`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T00:59:35.539Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1992110681`

### Source metadata

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```