# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2011090516 — CHLORITE SOLUTION WITH MORE THAN 5 PERCENT BUT LESS THAN 16 PERCENT AVAILABLE CHLORINE — LAREDO, TX

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2011090516  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2011-08-23  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2011-08-23 in LAREDO, TX.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2011090516.
Incident date: 2011-08-23.
Location: LAREDO, TX.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: LEESER TX., INC..
Shipper: ERCO WORLDWIDE - C/O INTL DIOXIDE.
Materials: UN1908; CHLORITE SOLUTION WITH MORE THAN 5 PERCENT BUT LESS THAN 16 PERCENT AVAILABLE CHLORINE; hazard class 8; 130 LGA released.
What failed: Body.
How failed: Cracked.
Reported failure causes: Inadequate Blocking and Bracing; Impact with Sharp or Protruding Object (e.g., nails).
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=KDvTFq%2F1s0rU54SeHXTmVw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `548e83b7a1dd23e546f53b4d7280e7b71c5d66b2d5bc643da589305d1a461d22`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T13:44:58.657Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2011090516`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
  "carrierReporterNames": [
    "LEESER TX., INC."
  ],
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    "ERCO WORLDWIDE - C/O INTL DIOXIDE"
  ],
  "routes": [
    "1442 MAQUILA LOOP (INTL TRADE"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "LAREDO"
  ],
  "states": [
    "TX"
  ],
  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
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  ],
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      "identificationNumber": "UN1908",
      "commodityName": "CHLORITE SOLUTION WITH MORE THAN 5 PERCENT BUT LESS THAN 16 PERCENT AVAILABLE CHLORINE",
      "hazardousClass": "8",
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      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
    }
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      "identificationMarkings": "NO MARKINGS GIVEN",
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      "outerShipmentCount": "14",
      "outerFailedCount": "1",
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      "innerShipmentCount": "0",
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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.",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}
```