# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978061267 — BUTADIENES, STABILIZED OR BUTADIENES AND HYDROCARBON MIXTURE, STABILIZED CONTAINING MORE THAN 40% BUTADIENES — NACOGDOCHES, TX

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978061267  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1978-05-14  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1978-05-14 in NACOGDOCHES, TX.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978061267.
Incident date: 1978-05-14.
Location: NACOGDOCHES, TX.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP CO.
Shipper: CELANESE CHEMICAL CO / OLIN CORP / SHELL CHEMICAL CO.
Materials: UN1010; BUTADIENES, STABILIZED OR BUTADIENES AND HYDROCARBON MIXTURE, STABILIZED CONTAINING MORE THAN 40% BUTADIENES; hazard class 2.1; 33500 LGA released | UN1280; PROPYLENE OXIDE; hazard class 3; 28115 LGA released | UN1917; ETHYL ACRYLATE, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 21000 LGA released | UN2789; ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL OR ACETIC ACID SOLUTION, WITH MORE THAN 80 PERCENT ACID, BY MASS; hazard class 8; 21080 LGA released.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
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=MrP0Q0ERuYmftQDCdCuChg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
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- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T22:56:36.354Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1978061267`

### Source metadata

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