# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003060929 — CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S. — ELLENWOOD, GA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003060929  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2003-05-09  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2003-05-09 in ELLENWOOD, GA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2003060929.
Incident date: 2003-05-09.
Location: ELLENWOOD, GA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM IN.
Shipper: NOT REPORTED BY CARRIER.
Materials: UN3266; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 4 LGA released.
What failed: Basic Material; Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug).
How failed: Ripped or Torn; Burst or Ruptured.
Reported failure causes: Dropped; Dropped.
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=eL9rSfZ5OorqSNx8sVJh4g%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `d19df8afbf3070e81e26ce7ffefbd5eae9d4b1e1b5bc43683a0b788e4bf1a4b6`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T22:33:39.987Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2003060929`

### Source metadata

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  ],
  "routes": [
    "4665 SOUTH PARK BOULEVARD"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "ELLENWOOD"
  ],
  "states": [
    "GA"
  ],
  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
    "Highway"
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      "commodityName": "CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.",
      "hazardousClass": "8",
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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"
}
```