# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997050303 — METHANOL — NEW ORLEANS, LA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997050303  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1997-02-17  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1997-02-17 in NEW ORLEANS, LA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997050303.
Incident date: 1997-02-17.
Location: NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION.
Shipper: EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO.
Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 0.125 LGA released.
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=HA2LdbjQfmJvZn%2B0gN6VYw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `d94e738341e2e21d2172d30d5f8759bd44a0d9181689674ccd9f4766f2fefbcf`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T00:51:16.893Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997050303`

### Source metadata

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