# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002100741 — SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — FARRAGUT, TN

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002100741  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2002-09-15  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2002-09-15 in FARRAGUT, TN.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2002100741.
Incident date: 2002-09-15.
Location: FARRAGUT, TN.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD.
Shipper: DU PONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO / MAGNOX PULASKI INC.
Materials: UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 20 LGA released | UN1831; SULFURIC ACID, FUMING; hazard class 8; 3200 LGA released.
What failed: Basic Material.
How failed: Punctured / Punctured; Crushed.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage / Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
Reported result: Spillage, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion, Environmental Damage.
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=z4vt9pVQIcppfG1KoYz6RA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `30edea7f5d135c169af725051de2b2550e12f4405e305fd36423baeeff7c03a5`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T17:59:39.937Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2002100741`

### Source metadata

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