# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000080130 — ACRYLIC ACID, STABILIZED — HOUSTON, TX

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000080130  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2000-07-05  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2000-07-05 in HOUSTON, TX.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2000080130.
Incident date: 2000-07-05.
Location: HOUSTON, TX.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE.
Shipper: CELANESE LTD.
Materials: UN2218; ACRYLIC ACID, STABILIZED; hazard class 8; 8300 LGA released.
What failed: Basic Material.
How failed: Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; 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=%2BPDFcWCF92f%2BPN21HCcTwg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `cb4717ab2121dc063159f738d28d832f313dd6a224f535bb56262f641f97f47b`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T00:45:49.442Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2000080130`

### Source metadata

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  "shipperNames": [
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  "routes": [
    "2831 PRODUCE ROW"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "HOUSTON"
  ],
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    "TX"
  ],
  "originCities": [
    "BAYPORT"
  ],
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  ],
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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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}
```