# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002020625 — ACETONE — ROCHESTER, NY

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002020625  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2001-12-23  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2001-12-23 in ROCHESTER, NY.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2002020625.
Incident date: 2001-12-23.
Location: ROCHESTER, NY.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION.
Shipper: DOW CHEMICAL CO / SUNOCO INC.
Materials: UN1090; ACETONE; hazard class 3; 14000 LGA released | UN1090; ACETONE; hazard class 3; 150 LGA released | UN1593; DICHLOROMETHANE; hazard class 6.1; 16120 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings / Basic Material.
How failed: Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident / 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=hZTcalBZ15WT3FTeNUF%2BJw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `2da6a35ef407671682972829294243954cf13067ba5beeef695e6670ed705572`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T22:25:45.159Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2002020625`

### Source metadata

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  "routes": [
    "LATTA & RIVER ROADS"
  ],
  "cities": [
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  "states": [
    "NY"
  ],
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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.",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}
```