# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2008100173 — LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS — CHIMACUM, WA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2008100173  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2008-09-11  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2008-09-11 in CHIMACUM, WA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2008100173.
Incident date: 2008-09-11.
Location: CHIMACUM, WA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: Environmental Housing, Inc, DBA Sunshine Propane.
Shipper: Environmental Housing, Inc. DBA Sunshine Propane.
Materials: UN1075; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; hazard class 2.1; 10 LGA released.
What failed: Piping Shear Section.
How failed: Bent.
Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident.
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=eplRw8HMboCg7ZaWrOlh9w%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `397d1fbac73e86a210df6944facd77857dd800dfa004894ef12871bed181bc09`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T12:22:43.377Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2008100173`

### Source metadata

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```