{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998030571","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998030571 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — DETROIT, MI","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1998-03-11","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1998-03-11 in DETROIT, MI.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1998030571.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1998030571.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1998030571","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=d5fJIsbihXB9MDYslszcQg%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998030571.\nIncident date: 1998-03-11.\nLocation: DETROIT, MI.\nMode: Highway.\nCarrier/reporter: PRESTON TRUCKING CO INC.\nShipper: LABTECH.\nMaterials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 300 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Basic Material.\nHow failed: Punctured.\nReported failure causes: Improper Preparation for Transportation; Inadequate Blocking and Bracing.\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":727}