{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2026050410","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2026050410 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — EMERSON, GA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2026-04-01","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2026-04-01 in EMERSON, GA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2026050410.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2026050410.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2026050410","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=aRfjgdQcGa%2F3fgF7lTgpBw%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2026050410.\nIncident date: 2026-04-01.\nLocation: EMERSON, GA.\nMode: Highway.\nCarrier/reporter: SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES, INC..\nShipper: DER-KEL, LLC.\nMaterials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 200 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug).\nHow failed: Cracked.\nReported failure causes: Inadequate Preparation for Transportation.\nReported result: Spillage.\nReporter-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.","truncated":false,"body_characters":724}