# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2013070259 — METHANOL — ACKERLY, TX

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2013070259  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2013-01-04  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2013-01-04 in ACKERLY, TX.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2013070259.
Incident date: 2013-01-04.
Location: ACKERLY, TX.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: X-CHEM, LLC.
Shipper: X-CHEM LLC.
Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 20.625 LGA released | UN1791; HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTIONS; hazard class 8; 41.25 LGA released | UN3109; ORGANIC PEROXIDE TYPE F, LIQUID; hazard class 5.2; 357.6375 LGA released.
What failed: Body.
How failed: Torn Off or Damaged; Structural.
Reported failure causes: Vandalism / Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
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=%2BvRDCe4vlbF67vXaRtFBGw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `7b0605792fe573f5a2bc8af37fca10a2e9b68b0258a2fb1ee4037d7ada75305b`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T22:45:50.272Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2013070259`

### Source metadata

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  ],
  "shipperNames": [
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  "routes": [
    "INTERSECTION OF CR 50 AND CR 9"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "ACKERLY"
  ],
  "states": [
    "TX"
  ],
  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
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  ],
  "materials": [
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      "identificationNumber": "UN1230",
      "commodityName": "METHANOL",
      "hazardousClass": "3",
      "quantityReleased": "20.625",
      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
    },
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    },
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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"
}
```