# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2012120279 — SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE, SOLUTION — NORTH AUGUSTA, SC

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2012120279  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2012-11-04  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2012-11-04 in NORTH AUGUSTA, SC.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2012120279.
Incident date: 2012-11-04.
Location: NORTH AUGUSTA, SC.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: TRANSWOOD CARRIERS, INC..
Shipper: OLIN CORPORATION.
Materials: UN1791; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 199 LGA released.
What failed: Air Inlet.
How failed: Torn Off or Damaged.
Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident.
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=vYvtpNyd%2BP8NyrJnL1jJUQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `9d5e9ad35dfa3388148f869e3789c21c7b90a103bd4fd368d55c09998f8e2d2b`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T22:10:35.977Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2012120279`

### Source metadata

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