# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000051461 — ETHYLBENZENE — LONG BEACH, CA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000051461  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2000-04-04  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2000-04-04 in LONG BEACH, CA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2000051461.
Incident date: 2000-04-04.
Location: LONG BEACH, CA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
Shipper: MOL INTERMODAL INC.
Materials: UN1175; ETHYLBENZENE; hazard class 3; 140 LGA released.
What failed: Basic Material.
How failed: Abraded.
Reported failure causes: Improper Preparation for Transportation; Inadequate Blocking and Bracing.
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://portalpublic.phmsa.dot.gov/analytics/saw.dll?Portal?PortalPath=/shared/Public%20Website%20Pages/_portal/Hazmat%20Incident%20Report%20Search>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `3c9916bdd74a84caf1ea6a79b47ed26e2a93f8960fa7d16da339cf0674b14341`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T13:31:53.138Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2000051461`

### Source metadata

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