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Incident Reporting

About Incident Reporting

Who should I inform if I'm involved in a hazardous material incident that has taken place in transportation?

The Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) require certain types of hazmat incidents be reported.

Section 171.15 of...

Information on XML Reporting

Overview

The Hazardous Materials Incident Communication System (HAZMATICS) is used for entering and storing that information from the 5800.1 Forms that are submitted via US Mail, Web, or XML submissions.

The documents linked on the right contain information, resources, forms, and...

Incident Statistics

PHMSA produces a series of reports which provide statistics on incidents by type, year, geographical location, and other factors. The data is from the DOT Hazardous Materials Incident Report Form 5800.1. Data is updated nightly and can be downloaded into PDF, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

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