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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018080173
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018080173 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — TAMPA, FL
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2018-08-06
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2018-08-06 in TAMPA, FL.
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PHMSA 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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