# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1990060422 — SULFUR, MOLTEN — PORT ALLEN, LA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1990060422  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1990-04-13  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1990-04-13 in PORT ALLEN, LA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1990060422.
Incident date: 1990-04-13.
Location: PORT ALLEN, LA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: SUNTRAN INC.
Shipper: STAR ENTERPRISE.
Materials: NA2448; SULFUR, MOLTEN; hazard class 9; 3750 LGA released.
What failed: Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug); Manway or Dome Cover; Piping or Fittings.
How failed: Ripped or Torn.
Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident; 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
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=6MzWzqkyM1D4%2FsAn%2FiVlRw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `bf5402ca39e98a70c0a8bae20251e860b1546a0ca73fcb3667d7fc56d9654292`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T17:25:07.915Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1990060422`

### Source metadata

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  "cities": [
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  ],
  "originCities": [],
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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"
}
```