# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2019050012 — ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. — FORT WORTH, TX

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2019050012  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2019-04-24  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2019-04-24 in FORT WORTH, TX.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2019050012.
Incident date: 2019-04-24.
Location: FORT WORTH, TX.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY INC.
Shipper: CARGILL CORN MILLING.
Materials: UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 74430 LGA released.
What failed: Bottom Outlet Valve / Bottom Outlet Valve; Tank Shell; Valve Body / Tank Shell.
How failed: Leaked; Leaked; Leaked / Punctured / Structural.
Reported failure causes: Derailment / Derailment; Derailment; Derailment.
Reported result: Spillage, Fire, 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=Cj4wq8%2FAWZOxp5CSJuUExg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `26981587ae211af374e1e2dd148d16a39fe84b632a042d8ff7da6b24749b9ce3`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T10:49:51.728Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2019050012`

### Source metadata

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    "Mile 48.34 Midlothian Sub"
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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.",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}
```