# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1994120216 — DENATURED ALCOHOL — DUBUQUE, IA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1994120216  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1994-11-28  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1994-11-28 in DUBUQUE, IA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1994120216.
Incident date: 1994-11-28.
Location: DUBUQUE, IA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: RANDOLPHS INC.
Shipper: ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND CO.
Materials: NA1987; DENATURED ALCOHOL; hazard class 3; 1965 LGA released.
Reported failure causes: Overfilled.
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=7AFtsScC%2FLMeQqlAP1StbA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `d92b86f45a2b48951b55153da4de6b9b6e75cfecc0930e446ac8f426b94abdfb`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T12:48:35.401Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1994120216`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
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  "routes": [
    "150 CEDAR CROSS RD"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "DUBUQUE"
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    "IA"
  ],
  "originCities": [
    "CLINTON"
  ],
  "modes": [
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  ],
  "materials": [
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      "identificationNumber": "NA1987",
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      "quantityReleased": "1965",
      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
    }
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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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}
```