# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1996100870 — AMMONIA ANHYDROUS — LYONS, NY

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1996100870  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1996-09-26  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1996-09-26 in LYONS, NY.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1996100870.
Incident date: 1996-09-26.
Location: LYONS, NY.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL.
Shipper: TERRA INTERNATIONAL.
Materials: UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.2; 437.5 LGA released.
Reported failure causes: Inadequate Blocking and Bracing.
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=dRq8O3azan%2Fo1%2BV54WF1GA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `f58dbd581a7a0e1785c6ebcd76f4ed66341f51d041c58adc154ce3f93e978e48`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T11:32:12.802Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1996100870`

### Source metadata

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