# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2009080076 — METHANOL — COMMERCE CITY, CO

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2009080076  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2009-07-08  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2009-07-08 in COMMERCE CITY, CO.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2009080076.
Incident date: 2009-07-08.
Location: COMMERCE CITY, CO.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: UPS.
Shipper: UNKNOWN DUE TO FIRE DAMAGE.
Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 4 LGA released.
What failed: Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug).
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device.
Reported result: Spillage, Fire.
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=KaksTQ76AvaH42q47W72PQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `9428a892ec4ee1c6b0782d0393b66812e9b36f188234c337893df925af329364`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T21:57:12.415Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2009080076`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
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    "COMMERCE CITY"
  ],
  "states": [
    "CO"
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  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
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      "identificationNumber": "UN1230",
      "commodityName": "METHANOL",
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    }
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      "outerMaterial": "Fiberboard",
      "outerType": "Box",
      "outerCapacity": "5",
      "outerCapacityUnit": "LGA",
      "outerShipmentCount": "1",
      "outerFailedCount": "1",
      "innerMaterial": "Metal (any type)",
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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.",
  "privacyCaveat": "The public CSV excludes preparer contact fields. Event Description is intentionally excluded from normalized records and search output to reduce incidental personal-information risk.",
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}
```