# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997080297 — METHYL ETHYL KETONE — EPES, AL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997080297  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1997-07-03  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1997-07-03 in EPES, AL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997080297.
Incident date: 1997-07-03.
Location: EPES, AL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: J H O C INC.
Shipper: C S D.
Materials: UN1193; METHYL ETHYL KETONE; hazard class 3; 47 LGA released | UN1307; XYLENES; hazard class 3; 175 LGA released | UN1710; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; hazard class 6.1; 220 LGA released.
How failed: Crushed; Crushed; Punctured / Crushed; Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage / Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage; 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://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=FKwpVFSk7qFEyQXUP97q6g%3D%3D>
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- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997080297`

### Source metadata

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  "privacyCaveat": "The public CSV excludes preparer contact fields. Event Description is intentionally excluded from normalized records and search output to reduce incidental personal-information risk.",
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}
```