# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997101376 — ETHYL ACRYLATE, STABILIZED — SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997101376  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1997-10-17  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1997-10-17 in SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997101376.
Incident date: 1997-10-17.
Location: SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: AIRBORNE EXPRESS.
Shipper: ALDRICH CHEMICAL CO INC.
Materials: UN1917; ETHYL ACRYLATE, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 0.264172 LGA released.
What failed: Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug).
Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device.
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=7tX3rsNN1ecz%2BwYB4I0thg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `de7134880402ed6bcab5d42e015639170e8d24ac201f5a7a1051a6b71d71f06e`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T02:32:29.044Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997101376`

### Source metadata

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