PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018080173 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — TAMPA, FL

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Incident E-2018080173PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2018080173. Incident date: 2018-08-06. Location: TAMPA, FL. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: AVERITT EXPRESS, INC.. Shipper: HARCROS CHEMICALS INC.. Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 150 LGA released. What failed: Body. How failed: Cracked. Reported failure causes: Inadequate Preparation for Transportation. 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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