# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000120043 — AMMONIA ANHYDROUS — COLFAX, WA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000120043  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2000-10-27  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2000-10-27 in COLFAX, WA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2000120043.
Incident date: 2000-10-27.
Location: COLFAX, WA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: ELLIS WILBUR CO.
Shipper: ELLIS WILBUR CO.
Materials: UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.2; 125 GCF released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.
How failed: Ripped or Torn.
Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
Reported result: Spillage, 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://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: `79c0129750b1ef3c53857900bcf05999f3c9e055e59591e93c276ef785163576`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T07:25:16.990Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2000120043`

### Source metadata

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