# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2007040072 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — EAST FALMOUTH, MA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2007040072
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2007040072 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — EAST FALMOUTH, MA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2007-04-04
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2007-04-04 in EAST FALMOUTH, MA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2007040072.
Incident date: 2007-04-04.
Location: EAST FALMOUTH, MA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: Quality Carriers.
Shipper: Borden and Remington Company.
Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 200 LGA released.
What failed: Discharge Valve or Coupling.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Human Error.
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.
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