# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2015040333 — DICHLOROMETHANE — CINCINNATI, OH

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2015040333  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2015-04-06  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2015-04-06 in CINCINNATI, OH.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2015040333.
Incident date: 2015-04-06.
Location: CINCINNATI, OH.
Mode: Air.
Carrier/reporter: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION.
Shipper: MERCK KGGA.
Materials: UN1593; DICHLOROMETHANE; hazard class 6.1; 0.26418 LGA released.
What failed: Inner Receptacle.
How failed: Punctured.
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=kpPMN7yyyNO8Ji8ZXGO7NQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `4b6bd06ac719bf20831f9ade4c27237693329e0c3ee72054a9b768bc054b7649`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T02:38:38.952Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2015040333`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
  "carrierReporterNames": [
    "FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION"
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  "shipperNames": [
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  "routes": [
    "7150 PADDOCK RD"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "CINCINNATI"
  ],
  "states": [
    "OH"
  ],
  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
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    }
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      "outerMaterial": "Fiberboard",
      "outerType": "Box",
      "outerCapacity": "1.05672",
      "outerCapacityUnit": "LGA",
      "outerShipmentCount": "4",
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}
```