# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988070171 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — READING, PA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988070171
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988070171 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — READING, PA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 1988-06-30
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1988-06-30 in READING, PA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1988070171.
Incident date: 1988-06-30.
Location: READING, PA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: ORIOLE CHEMICAL CARRIERS INC.
Shipper: OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CO.
Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 1000 LGA released.
What failed: Hose.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
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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