# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018120076 — PROPANE — SWEENY, TX

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018120076  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2018-10-03  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2018-10-03 in SWEENY, TX.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2018120076.
Incident date: 2018-10-03.
Location: SWEENY, TX.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: SUBURBAN PROPANE.
Shipper: SUBURBAN PROPANE GAS CORPORATION.
Materials: UN1978; PROPANE; hazard class 2.1; 10 LGA released.
What failed: Piping or Fittings.
How failed: Ripped or Torn / Torn Off or Damaged.
Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident / Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
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=kMRID4OwOqk%2Fc%2B3w4RJLzQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `63b04dad02f4bca35247456b326b6d9a512dc6b18a13645550a6307b04e8f4ee`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T19:05:16.361Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2018120076`

### Source metadata

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  "privacyCaveat": "The public CSV excludes preparer contact fields. Event Description is intentionally excluded from normalized records and search output to reduce incidental personal-information risk.",
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