# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002030284 — SULFUR, MOLTEN — PENSACOLA, FL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002030284  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2002-01-03  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2002-01-03 in PENSACOLA, FL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2002030284.
Incident date: 2002-01-03.
Location: PENSACOLA, FL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: TRIMAC TRANSPORTATION.
Shipper: FREEPORT-MCMORAN SULPHUR INC.
Materials: NA2448; SULFUR, MOLTEN; hazard class 9; 180 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.
Reported failure causes: Freezing.
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=RogummWNxcE7QhtHOdI1tg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `70abf985646ec46e2e0d16a3c22d78525f19707489dc4dc86fe767c69c8c21ff`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T02:39:31.286Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2002030284`

### Source metadata

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```