{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998050895","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998050895 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SOLUTION — WILLIAMSTOWN, MA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1998-04-24","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1998-04-24 in WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1998050895.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1998050895.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1998050895","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=%2BzST3BYSc2%2B9SgLlYV27JQ%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998050895.\nIncident date: 1998-04-24.\nLocation: WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.\nMode: Highway.\nCarrier/reporter: KRAMER CHEMICALS INC.\nShipper: KRAMER CHEMICALS INC.\nMaterials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 37.5 LGA released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 84.379997 LGA released | UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 12.5 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Basic Material / Basic Material; Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug).\nHow failed: Crushed / Punctured; Cracked.\nReported failure causes: Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.\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":929}