# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2009070185 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — ALBANY, NY

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2009070185  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2009-06-10  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2009-06-10 in ALBANY, NY.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2009070185.
Incident date: 2009-06-10.
Location: ALBANY, NY.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: CON-WAY FREIGHT.
Shipper: NALCO CO..
Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 175 LGA released.
What failed: Body.
How failed: Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Forklift Accident.
Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer.
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=8CGX2UlD1I2aCdkhzkbcpA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `1ee703320034224278ccf8f08249c08f21cf3510357fb356fb07a4055049fe32`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T12:29:09.988Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2009070185`

### Source metadata

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```