# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2008040004 — SULFUR, MOLTEN — UNCLE SAM, LA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2008040004  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2007-12-29  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2007-12-29 in UNCLE SAM, LA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2008040004.
Incident date: 2007-12-29.
Location: UNCLE SAM, LA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: CTL Transportation, LLC.
Shipper: Valero-St Charles Refinery.
Materials: UN2448; SULFUR, MOLTEN; hazard class 4.1; 300 LGA released.
What failed: Cover; Discharge Valve or Coupling.
How failed: Cracked; Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Human Error; Human Error.
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.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=dVoVXsLxwS%2FPsmNjrLoVhw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `0be6f8b8cdd6baad945aa7ee799d53bba34196c98e09ca22bfd9cdd1c841840b`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T16:37:14.079Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2008040004`

### Source metadata

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