# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2006040064 — MERCURY — JACKSONVILLE, FL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2006040064  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2006-03-21  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2006-03-21 in JACKSONVILLE, FL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2006040064.
Incident date: 2006-03-21.
Location: JACKSONVILLE, FL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: UNITED PARCEL SVC.
Shipper: SUNSHINE ACE HARDWARE.
Materials: UN2809; MERCURY; hazard class 8; 0.3125 LGA released | UN2809; MERCURY; hazard class 8; 0.625 LGA released.
What failed: Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug).
How failed: Leaked / Structural.
Reported failure causes: Inadequate 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=agZ1YQsiZvXIz4uWUEDUjQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `0a7236758031a0af48d5e507360d9b96ebd15aeb9611ecb338dca83519460d59`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T18:06:04.167Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2006040064`

### Source metadata

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