# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2020090045 — CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S. — BERKELEY, MO

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2020090045  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2020-07-31  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2020-07-31 in BERKELEY, MO.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2020090045.
Incident date: 2020-07-31.
Location: BERKELEY, MO.
Mode: Air.
Carrier/reporter: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION.
Shipper: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION.
Materials: UN3267; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 249.91428 LGA released.
What failed: Basic Material.
How failed: Vented.
Reported failure causes: Water 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=DYJiwCYAjhidOlMbhpGYTQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `dced37428532f7bc6e71ece2fac301ba5723c3790816743e2ef3f3b1be52714b`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T11:18:08.600Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2020090045`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
  "carrierReporterNames": [
    "FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION"
  ],
  "shipperNames": [
    "FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION"
  ],
  "routes": [
    "6143 J S Mcdonnell Blvd"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "BERKELEY"
  ],
  "states": [
    "MO"
  ],
  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
    "Air"
  ],
  "materials": [
    {
      "identificationNumber": "UN3267",
      "commodityName": "CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, ORGANIC, N.O.S.",
      "hazardousClass": "8",
      "quantityReleased": "249.91428",
      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
    }
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  "packages": [
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      "identificationMarkings": "4G",
      "outerMaterial": "Fiberboard",
      "outerType": "Box",
      "outerCapacity": "3.17016",
      "outerCapacityUnit": "LGA",
      "outerShipmentCount": "1",
      "outerFailedCount": "1",
      "innerMaterial": "Plastic",
      "innerType": "Bottle",
      "innerCapacity": "946",
      "innerCapacityUnit": "LML",
      "innerShipmentCount": "12",
      "innerFailedCount": "1"
    }
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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"
}
```