# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1996050030 — CRESOLS, LIQUID — CARROLLTON, KY

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1996050030  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1995-10-27  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1995-10-27 in CARROLLTON, KY.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1996050030.
Incident date: 1995-10-27.
Location: CARROLLTON, KY.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: LIQUID TRANSPORTERS INC.
Shipper: MERICHEM CO.
Materials: UN2076; CRESOLS, LIQUID; hazard class 6.1; 5000 LGA released.
What failed: Basic Material.
How failed: Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
Reported result: Spillage, Fire, Environmental Damage.
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=nNFtfjUcQSGu%2F%2FfhNTJPpg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `c2270514ca8ac723225393ecab5ff39805277354ee116efccb471762d40bd7b2`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T01:57:55.732Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1996050030`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
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    "LIQUID TRANSPORTERS INC"
  ],
  "shipperNames": [
    "MERICHEM CO"
  ],
  "routes": [
    "171 NORTH APPROX 39MM"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "CARROLLTON"
  ],
  "states": [
    "KY"
  ],
  "originCities": [
    "HAMSHIRE"
  ],
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      "identificationNumber": "UN2076",
      "commodityName": "CRESOLS, LIQUID",
      "hazardousClass": "6.1",
      "quantityReleased": "5000",
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    }
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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.",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}
```