# PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2024050437 — CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S. — TACOMA, WA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2024050437  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2024-05-09  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2024-05-09 in TACOMA, WA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2024050437.
Incident date: 2024-05-09.
Location: TACOMA, WA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: Federal Express Corporation.
Shipper: Zep Seattle.
Materials: UN3266; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 120.098606 LGA released.
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=6%2BxftwsEOiHFI2DY4yZ1nA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `ab408ad552dd70daed64479b177bd39d87679f957fe850fac4e592b8d36929f3`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T07:59:17.764Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-x-2024050437`

### Source metadata

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      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
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```