# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998080423 — DIISOBUTYL KETONE — NIOTA, IL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998080423  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1998-06-27  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1998-06-27 in NIOTA, IL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998080423.
Incident date: 1998-06-27.
Location: NIOTA, IL.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE.
Shipper: CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS / NOT REPORTED BY CARRIER / UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC.
Materials: UN1157; DIISOBUTYL KETONE; hazard class 3; 5.63 LGA released | UN1268; PETROLEUM DISTILLATES, N.O.S. OR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 5.75 LGA released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 2 LGA released | UN1915; CYCLOHEXANONE; hazard class 3; 7.75 LGA released | UN1993; FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 54.630001 LGA released | UN1993; FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 7.88 LGA released | UN2031; NITRIC ACID OTHER THAN RED FUMING, WITH AT LEAST 65 PERCENT, BUT NOT MORE THAN 70 PERCENT NITRIC ACID; hazard class 8; 0.006604 LGA released | UN3295; HYDROCARBONS, LIQUID, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 0 released.
What failed: Basic Material.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident.
Reported result: Fire.
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
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- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T00:39:34.453Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1998080423`

### Source metadata

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