# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977010001 — ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. — AT SEA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977010001  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1976-12-07  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1976-12-07 in AT SEA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1977010001.
Incident date: 1976-12-07.
Location: AT SEA.
Mode: Water.
Carrier/reporter: UNITED STATES LINES CO INC.
Shipper: STANLEY & HOLT & SONS LTD.
Materials: UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 4400 LGA released.
What failed: Weld or Seam.
Reported result: Spillage.
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=iG2nQjiKe%2BwO0GqZGufpeA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `f47edfcf22ce16907637979704f35313a630b2590f51d05104160562d656403c`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T03:08:02.870Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1977010001`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
  "carrierReporterNames": [
    "UNITED STATES LINES CO INC"
  ],
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    "STANLEY & HOLT & SONS LTD"
  ],
  "routes": [],
  "cities": [
    "AT SEA"
  ],
  "states": [],
  "originCities": [
    "GLASGOW UK"
  ],
  "modes": [
    "Water"
  ],
  "materials": [
    {
      "identificationNumber": "UN1987",
      "commodityName": "ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.",
      "hazardousClass": "3",
      "quantityReleased": "4400",
      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
    }
  ],
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      "outerCapacity": "6020",
      "outerCapacityUnit": "LGA",
      "outerShipmentCount": "1",
      "outerFailedCount": "1",
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      "innerShipmentCount": "0",
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    }
  ],
  "reportingRuleContext": [
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    "171.16"
  ],
  "caveat": "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.",
  "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"
}
```