# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1985020334 — COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID, N.O.S. — SENECA, KS

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1985020334  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1985-02-05  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1985-02-05 in SENECA, KS.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1985020334.
Incident date: 1985-02-05.
Location: SENECA, KS.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: WASTE RESEARCH & RECLAMATION.
Shipper: C R IND / FARMLAND INDUSTRIES INC / SEALRIGHT CO INC.
Materials: NA1993; COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID, N.O.S.; hazard class 2.0; 55 LGA released | UN1193; METHYL ETHYL KETONE; hazard class 3; 55 LGA released | UN1993; FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 385 LGA released | UN1993; FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 55 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=VtTHO%2BqmC3IIKWXF1nhZ%2Bw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `2ce84f27540eef7c8d7640479137ebb15cf4f71fd85f741d6ede1fee24a8b6a7`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T17:31:34.772Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1985020334`

### 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.",
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}
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