# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1995031185 — BUTANOLS — FORT PAYNE, AL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1995031185  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1995-03-09  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1995-03-09 in FORT PAYNE, AL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1995031185.
Incident date: 1995-03-09.
Location: FORT PAYNE, AL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: CENTRAL TRANSPORT INC.
Shipper: EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO.
Materials: UN1120; BUTANOLS; hazard class 3; 400 LGA released | UN2369; ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER; hazard class 6.1; 150 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
Reported result: Spillage, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion.
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=5jGnKAmedmJ%2Flrl3Tcp8nA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `99087c7aaf0428865b921474fa2af3039907d1ba9acac6752fd5de172743f44c`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T04:27:52.778Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1995031185`

### Source metadata

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