# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997070207 — AMMONIA ANHYDROUS — ARTESIA, NM

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997070207  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1997-06-13  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1997-06-13 in ARTESIA, NM.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997070207.
Incident date: 1997-06-13.
Location: ARTESIA, NM.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE.
Shipper: ULTRAMAR DIAMOND SHAMROCK.
Materials: UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.2; 294.10001 GCF released.
What failed: Basic Material.
How failed: Cracked.
Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device.
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=t1edZwfnv89daukO7VN8CQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `9f1b4cd2180e69e2cb773f38450502e4dfbcb29bb9650f492417d666b9f95587`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T00:40:20.063Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997070207`

### Source metadata

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