# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2004020559 — PETROLEUM DISTILLATE — HOYTE, TX

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2004020559  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2004-01-11  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2004-01-11 in HOYTE, TX.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2004020559.
Incident date: 2004-01-11.
Location: HOYTE, TX.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE.
Shipper: BP AMOCO CHEMICAL CO / CELANESE LTD / KMTEX / STERLING CHEMICAL CO / UNION CARBIDE CORP.
Materials: UN1268; PETROLEUM DISTILLATE; hazard class 2.0; 14487 LGA released | UN1274; N-PROPANOL OR PROPYL ALCOHOL, NORMAL; hazard class 3; 4943.75 LGA released | UN1276; N-PROPYL ACETATE; hazard class 3; 4612.5 LGA released | UN1301; VINYL ACETATE, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 23375 LGA released | UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 15424.38 LGA released | UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 230 LGA released | UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 23125 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Basic Material; Piping or Fittings / Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings / Basic Material.
How failed: Crushed / Crushed; Cracked / Punctured / Punctured; Cracked / Ripped or Torn.
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=16BnM%2Brn%2FcRguHhSZzh0BA%3D%3D>
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- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T05:10:56.718Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2004020559`

### Source metadata

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