# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003010608 — ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. — TACOMA, WA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003010608  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2002-12-11  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2002-12-11 in TACOMA, WA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2003010608.
Incident date: 2002-12-11.
Location: TACOMA, WA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE.
Shipper: CENTRAL MINNESOTA ETHANOL COOP.
Materials: UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 23316.131 LGA released.
What failed: Basic Material.
How failed: Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Derailment.
Reported result: Spillage, Fire, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer.
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=mf3%2FgCf5ergXEj3roFo6Aw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `f1eb67213bdc9049ebd80019f6b6d91e947cb2b4ff48347246c1245b65b1eea8`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T08:48:24.161Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2003010608`

### Source metadata

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```