# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988080058 — 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE — MEMPHIS, TN

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988080058  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1988-07-13  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1988-07-13 in MEMPHIS, TN.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1988080058.
Incident date: 1988-07-13.
Location: MEMPHIS, TN.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD.
Shipper: VULCAN MATERIALS CO.
Materials: UN2831; 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE; hazard class 6.1; 400 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=TpGK5I5f24lqAV3SfPVYXQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `72dcd125f3d8333c27c831f053a59b1d7c83d8e7395bafb7d266b689d27e0829`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T17:32:25.071Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1988080058`

### Source metadata

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