# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2019060390 — ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. — SHAWSVILLE, VA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2019060390  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2019-06-07  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2019-06-07 in SHAWSVILLE, VA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2019060390.
Incident date: 2019-06-07.
Location: SHAWSVILLE, VA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
Shipper: NS TBT.
Materials: UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 0.007813 LGA released.
What failed: Vapor Valve.
How failed: Vented.
Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device.
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=to%2FPDAY%2Fwyn%2BUwCSSYGRXg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `cd8ef817f61f237c95b8db19cfc684b5ee5479ca08200d02c23c9dd13ec3951a`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T09:11:07.784Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2019060390`

### Source metadata

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