# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2007030045 — LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS — ROPER, NC

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2007030045  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2007-02-04  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2007-02-04 in ROPER, NC.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2007030045.
Incident date: 2007-02-04.
Location: ROPER, NC.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: Ferrellgas, Inc..
Shipper: Ferrellgas, Inc..
Materials: UN1075; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; hazard class 2.1; 40.104 GCF released.
What failed: O-Ring or Seals.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Human Error.
Reported result: Vapor(Gas) Dispersion.
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.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=6QdHhYH6WS9dWSCMmVmWYw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `7bb7d6360832a034cc330976e023d0baaf979c16371e80b4ad5c07970f9a3b29`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T01:22:20.028Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2007030045`

### Source metadata

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```