{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1999030680","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1999030680 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — ST LOUIS, MO","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1999-03-02","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1999-03-02 in ST LOUIS, MO.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1999030680.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1999030680.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1999030680","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=MUZ2EjdXi8Qo3ozyQSnjPw%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1999030680.\nIncident date: 1999-03-02.\nLocation: ST LOUIS, MO.\nMode: Highway.\nCarrier/reporter: AMERICAN FREIGHTWAYS CO INC.\nShipper: MISSOURI ELECTROCHEM CO.\nMaterials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 265 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings.\nReported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device.\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":730}