# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018035012 — LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS — LOUDONVILLE, OH

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018035012  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2018-02-03  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2018-02-03 in LOUDONVILLE, OH.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2018035012.
Incident date: 2018-02-03.
Location: LOUDONVILLE, OH.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
Shipper: American Zinc Recycling Corp / Aux Sable liquids Products LP.
Materials: UN1075; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; hazard class 2.1; 4041.41376 GCF released | UN3077; ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, SOLID, N.O.S.; hazard class 9; 200 SLB released.
What failed: Body / Tank Head.
How failed: Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Derailment / Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
Reported result: Spillage, 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=MCSCVjKKzfKyp%2BvMt%2FKJwA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `5ed37077c0f049169d303f4f54adb9227afa3c01e949ef993470e792524b056c`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T06:51:09.233Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2018035012`

### Source metadata

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