# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1980040567 — COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID, N.O.S. — NORWALK, CT

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1980040567  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1980-03-26  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1980-03-26 in NORWALK, CT.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1980040567.
Incident date: 1980-03-26.
Location: NORWALK, CT.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: KRAJACK TANK LINES INC.
Shipper: EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO.
Materials: NA1993; COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID, N.O.S.; hazard class 2.0; 300 LGA released | UN1173; ETHYL ACETATE; hazard class 3; 2650 LGA released.
Reported failure causes: 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=7IqZFg5y2%2Fyfibw0yD00qw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `f18ddaf3435d5295d94445f0c27a058a81b2776cd20c3fcc076425d94c65d2c4`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T12:50:44.437Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1980040567`

### Source metadata

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  ],
  "originCities": [
    "S KEARNY"
  ],
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  ],
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  "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"
}
```