# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000060618 — AEROSOLS, FLAMMABLE, (EACH NOT EXCEEDING 1 L CAPACITY) — AVOCA, IA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000060618  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2000-05-16  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2000-05-16 in AVOCA, IA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2000060618.
Incident date: 2000-05-16.
Location: AVOCA, IA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: PRIME INC.
Shipper: SCJ/WAXDALE.
Materials: UN1950; AEROSOLS, FLAMMABLE, (EACH NOT EXCEEDING 1 L CAPACITY); hazard class 2.1; 93.875 LGA released | UN3264; CORROSIVE LIQUID, ACIDIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 247.875 LGA released | UN3264; CORROSIVE LIQUID, ACIDIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 26 LGA released | UN3264; CORROSIVE LIQUID, ACIDIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 41.25 LGA released | UN3266; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 12 LGA released | UN3266; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 259.25 LGA released | UN3266; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 3.125 LGA released | UN3266; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 30.75 LGA released | UN3266; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 43.25 LGA released | UN3266; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 59.875 LGA released | UN3266; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 66.5 LGA released | UN3266; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 83.25 LGA released.
What failed: Basic Material; Basic Material.
How failed: Cracked; Punctured; Abraded; Burst or Ruptured; Crushed; Crushed; Punctured; Ripped or Torn.
Reported failure causes: Fire, Temperature, or Heat; Rollover Accident; Fire, Temperature, or Heat; Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage; 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=kJ8dg12xU58qhCL9MrGH4A%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
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- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T17:08:35.866Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2000060618`

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  "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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