# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1983040074 — COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID, N.O.S. — BELMONT, PA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1983040074  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1983-03-24  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1983-03-24 in BELMONT, PA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1983040074.
Incident date: 1983-03-24.
Location: BELMONT, PA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL.
Shipper: AMERICAN CYANAMID CO. / ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO. / E.I. DUPONT / FMC.
Materials: NA1993; COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID, N.O.S.; hazard class 2.0; 8000 LGA released | UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.2; 1 LGA released | UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 1 LGA released | UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 3500 LGA released.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident; 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=k1F1Ma6J7%2FmuXlNFay5sKQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `8165174494292d8c6f30b7ddbd427a5d55c9910175a39ec02d565c3df9bcfda6`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T02:38:11.530Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1983040074`

### Source metadata

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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"
}
```