# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988020320 — ACETALDEHYDE — WOODLAWN, TX

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988020320  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1987-12-26  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1987-12-26 in WOODLAWN, TX.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1988020320.
Incident date: 1987-12-26.
Location: WOODLAWN, TX.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
Shipper: TEXAS EASTMAN.
Materials: UN1089; ACETALDEHYDE; hazard class 3; 27673 LGA released | UN1129; BUTYRALDEHYDE; hazard class 3; 20000 LGA released | UN1129; BUTYRALDEHYDE; hazard class 3; 28128 LGA released | UN1170; ETHANOL OR ETHYL ALCOHOL OR ETHANOL SOLUTIONS OR ETHYL ALCOHOL SOLUTIONS; hazard class 3; 20371 LGA released | UN1171; ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOETHYL ETHER ('CELLOSOLVE'); hazard class 2.0; 21851 LGA released | UN1213; ISOBUTYL ACETATE; hazard class 3; 10000 LGA released | UN1274; N-PROPANOL OR PROPYL ALCOHOL, NORMAL; hazard class 3; 22031 LGA released | UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 2.0; 13000 LGA released | UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 2.0; 15000 LGA released | UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 2.0; 20102 LGA released | UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 2.0; 20267 LGA released | UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 2.0; 20429 LGA released | UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 2.0; 20561 LGA released.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Fire, Temperature, or Heat; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
Reported result: Spillage, 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
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