# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003121346 — METHYL ETHYL KETONE — WARRENTON, MO

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003121346  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2003-11-23  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2003-11-23 in WARRENTON, MO.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2003121346.
Incident date: 2003-11-23.
Location: WARRENTON, MO.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: OVERNIGHT EXPRESS.
Shipper: TNEMEC COMPANY INC.
Materials: UN1193; METHYL ETHYL KETONE; hazard class 3; 80 LGA released | UN1263; PAINT INCLUDING PAINT, LACQUER, ENAMEL, STAIN, SHELLAC SOLUTIONS, VARNISH, POLISH, LIQUID FILLER AND LIQUID LACQUER BASE; hazard class 3; 220 LGA released | UN1263; PAINT INCLUDING PAINT, LACQUER, ENAMEL, STAIN, SHELLAC SOLUTIONS, VARNISH, POLISH, LIQUID FILLER AND LIQUID LACQUER BASE; hazard class 3; 705 LGA released | UN3265; CORROSIVE LIQUID, ACIDIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 1.63 LGA released.
How failed: Crushed.
Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage / Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
Reported result: Spillage, 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=Kez2BooIx64NDiMdPw3F%2Fg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `ccc77c114af7bda86bcf8a8cdac42dd01929b8756e5d6d664a914cb6d6a8e564`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T18:21:31.096Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2003121346`

### Source metadata

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  "routes": [
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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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}
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