# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978040488 — ACETONE — BEAUMONT, TX

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978040488  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1978-03-23  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1978-03-23 in BEAUMONT, TX.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978040488.
Incident date: 1978-03-23.
Location: BEAUMONT, TX.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: VAN WATERS & ROGERS.
Shipper: VAN WATERS & ROGERS.
Materials: UN1090; ACETONE; hazard class 3; 700 SLB released | UN1748; CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE, DRY OR CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE MIXTURES DRY WITH MORE THAN 39 PERCENT AVAILABLE CHLORINE (8.8 PERCENT AVAILABLE OXYGEN); hazard class 5.1; 400 SLB released | UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 150 LGA released.
Reported result: Fire, Explosion.
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=l0cOpi6CAGa%2B1ql1Xgft7g%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `3553e28d88a407ba6ad04c7e61a4f023aad3fc31b69c92a5070cb247823afdfc`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T19:29:22.178Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1978040488`

### 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.",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}
```