# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2009050323 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — WILSON, NC

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2009050323  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2009-04-22  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2009-04-22 in WILSON, NC.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2009050323.
Incident date: 2009-04-22.
Location: WILSON, NC.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: WATER GUARD INC.
Shipper: WATER GUARD INC.
Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 181.875 LGA released.
What failed: Chime.
How failed: Cracked.
Reported failure causes: Broken Component or Device; 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=ABtrr4TfTQ5lAfHZpmGLZA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `508a9cd6011e6718791f9eb40adc587cfa47e71a7a56c5089071d7e956c3e4bb`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T07:21:39.708Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2009050323`

### Source metadata

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```