# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000120022 — AMMONIA ANHYDROUS — WINCHESTER, KY

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000120022  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2000-11-22  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2000-11-22 in WINCHESTER, KY.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2000120022.
Incident date: 2000-11-22.
Location: WINCHESTER, KY.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION.
Shipper: C F INDUSTRIES INC.
Materials: UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.2; 0 released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug); Manway or Dome Cover; Piping or Fittings.
Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device.
Reported result: 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=Jf6enj2o0%2FTaPTsY4q8Amg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `ae48ae5826fce6bfab7aaba54311a29e23347496a6fb78d32f7e64afcd7d8a00`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T15:53:11.205Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2000120022`

### Source metadata

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  "cities": [
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  "states": [
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  ],
  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
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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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}
```