# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1987040343 — VINYL ACETATE, STABILIZED — CLEVELAND, TX

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1987040343  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1987-02-27  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1987-02-27 in CLEVELAND, TX.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1987040343.
Incident date: 1987-02-27.
Location: CLEVELAND, TX.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP CO.
Shipper: OLIN CORP / U S INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL.
Materials: UN1301; VINYL ACETATE, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 20000 LGA released | UN2078; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE; hazard class 6.1; 19500 LGA released | UN2831; 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE; hazard class 6.1; 20000 LGA released.
How failed: Punctured.
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=YXVudahF4mYMUIOdBmG%2Few%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `e010a9120c1eae59aab3d5bcf1e72681005bb78ea605cae6e2fb66a2dfab83de`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T08:03:59.245Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1987040343`

### Source metadata

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  "originCities": [
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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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