# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2016010081 — TOLUENE — BIRMINGHAM, AL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2016010081  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2015-12-09  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2015-12-09 in BIRMINGHAM, AL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2016010081.
Incident date: 2015-12-09.
Location: BIRMINGHAM, AL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL, INC..
Shipper: INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL, INC..
Materials: UN1294; TOLUENE; hazard class 3; 49.875 LGA released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 1587.5 LGA released | UN2014; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS WITH NOT LESS THAN 20 PERCENT BUT NOT MORE THAN 40 PERCENT HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (STABILIZED AS NECESSARY); hazard class 5.1; 125 LGA released | UN2015; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, STABILIZED OR HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, STABILIZED WITH MORE THAN 60 PERCENT HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; hazard class 5.1; 375 LGA released | UN2693; BISULFITES, AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 755.625 LGA released | UN2796; SULFURIC ACID WITH NOT MORE THAN 51% ACID; hazard class 8; 67.75 LGA released | UN3077; ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, SOLID, N.O.S.; hazard class 9; 250 SLB released.
What failed: Body.
How failed: Punctured / Structural.
Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
Reported result: Spillage, Fire, Explosion, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion.
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=rtbplzGHdSWP8z6lyKQk9Q%3D%3D>
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### Source metadata

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