# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1996030290 — DENATURED ALCOHOL — CYLINDER, IA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1996030290  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1996-02-19  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1996-02-19 in CYLINDER, IA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1996030290.
Incident date: 1996-02-19.
Location: CYLINDER, IA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: DENNY WESSELS TRANSPORT.
Shipper: ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND CO.
Materials: NA1987; DENATURED ALCOHOL; hazard class 3; 3605 LGA released.
What failed: Weld or Seam.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident; 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://portalpublic.phmsa.dot.gov/analytics/saw.dll?Portal?PortalPath=/shared/Public%20Website%20Pages/_portal/Hazmat%20Incident%20Report%20Search>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `62f7f5891138ab3074c34a013791dfb1d24ca16c5c370f354c69a80311bcf88f`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T00:51:01.745Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1996030290`

### Source metadata

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