# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2005020794 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — ANAMOSA, IA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2005020794  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2005-01-16  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2005-01-16 in ANAMOSA, IA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2005020794.
Incident date: 2005-01-16.
Location: ANAMOSA, IA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: RUAN TRANSPORT.
Shipper: VULCAN CHEMICALS.
Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 3 LGA released.
What failed: Manway or Dome Cover.
How failed: Torn Off or Damaged.
Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident.
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=mzuSE0jA56KENwWRNOfu7A%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `9d0ca5b24f0cb09af9b18c03b6bb3df4c8086bc9208dd6adb30213132f7de713`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T04:47:57.647Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2005020794`

### Source metadata

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