# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978080288 — OXIDIZING SOLID, N.O.S. — KANSAS CITY, KS

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978080288  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1978-07-23  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1978-07-23 in KANSAS CITY, KS.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978080288.
Incident date: 1978-07-23.
Location: KANSAS CITY, KS.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: ATCHESON TOPEKA & SANTA FE RY.
Shipper: FMC CORP.
Materials: UN1479; OXIDIZING SOLID, N.O.S.; hazard class 5.1; 50625 SLB released | UN2014; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS WITH NOT LESS THAN 20 PERCENT BUT NOT MORE THAN 40 PERCENT HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (STABILIZED AS NECESSARY); hazard class 5.1; 390 LGA released | UN2014; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS WITH NOT LESS THAN 20 PERCENT BUT NOT MORE THAN 40 PERCENT HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (STABILIZED AS NECESSARY); hazard class 5.1; 90 LGA released.
Reported result: Fire.
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=DWHlrZwie1E62IHQGYY07A%3D%3D>
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- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1978080288`

### Source metadata

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