# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2010100375 — CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S. — TAUNTON, MA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2010100375  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2010-06-10  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2010-06-10 in TAUNTON, MA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2010100375.
Incident date: 2010-06-10.
Location: TAUNTON, MA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: NEW PENN MOTOR EXPRESS.
Shipper: GENERAL METAL FINISHING CO.
Materials: UN3266; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 40 LGA released.
What failed: Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug).
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
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=sYYiX4AoNKTLB36KUOPdaA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `3ea39b4a70d5fecc51bfffbdc5b71d1eac9ad109edea99b45347a62a48332d6b`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T12:36:18.726Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2010100375`

### Source metadata

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  "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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}
```