# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003060456 — CHLORINE — MATFIELD GREEN, KS

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003060456  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2003-05-08  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2003-05-08 in MATFIELD GREEN, KS.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2003060456.
Incident date: 2003-05-08.
Location: MATFIELD GREEN, KS.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE.
Shipper: CALABRIAN CHEM CO / DPC IND INC.
Materials: UN1017; CHLORINE; hazard class 2.3; 0 released | UN1079; SULFUR DIOXIDE; hazard class 2.3; 17366 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Basic Material; Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug); Manway or Dome Cover; Piping or Fittings / Basic Material.
How failed: Crushed / Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage / Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage; Derailment.
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=h5c7uzmxBTKBqmG%2F6loVlg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `d6255864551c4defe75c4fed382672090367792a1fa343eb3ad50b8e17c8427b`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T02:02:08.151Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2003060456`

### Source metadata

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    "MAIN TRACK MP 139.8 EMPORIA SU"
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  "cities": [
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  ],
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  "originCities": [
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