# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2020040007 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — ROCKFORD, IL

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2020040007
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2020040007 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — ROCKFORD, IL
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
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- **effective on:** 2020-03-04
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2020-03-04 in ROCKFORD, IL.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2020040007.
Incident date: 2020-03-04.
Location: ROCKFORD, IL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: KAG SPECIALTY PRODUCTS GROUP LLC.
Shipper: KA STEEL CHEMICALS INC..
Materials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 5640.625 LGA released.
What failed: Valve Body.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Broken Component or Device.
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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