# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000010642 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID — MARS, PA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000010642  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1999-06-18  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1999-06-18 in MARS, PA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2000010642.
Incident date: 1999-06-18.
Location: MARS, PA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: USF HOLLAND.
Shipper: MACDERMID PKG.
Materials: UN1823; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLID; hazard class 8; 1 SLB released.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
Reported failure causes: Dropped; 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=k0rtcHuQ%2B32mJrFuc682QQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `75e288594b9fc0bab30130674791a3253e2ddadff690c062512afeee041d8ee9`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T15:54:10.123Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2000010642`

### Source metadata

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  "states": [
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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.",
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}
```