# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2005060675 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — SUFFIELD, CT

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2005060675
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2005060675 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — SUFFIELD, CT
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 2005-05-20
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2005-05-20 in SUFFIELD, CT.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2005060675.
Incident date: 2005-05-20.
Location: SUFFIELD, CT.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: ASTRO CHEMICALS INC.
Shipper: ASTRO CHEMICALS INC.
Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 59.25 LGA released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 1.5 LGA released.
What failed: Body.
How failed: Gouged or Cut.
Reported failure causes: Impact with Sharp or Protruding Object (e.g., nails).
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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