# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2004040106 — ACETONE — HITCHCOCK, TX

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2004040106  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2004-02-27  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2004-02-27 in HITCHCOCK, TX.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2004040106.
Incident date: 2004-02-27.
Location: HITCHCOCK, TX.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: TEXAS CITY TERMINAL RWY CO.
Shipper: CONCHEMCO INC.
Materials: UN1090; ACETONE; hazard class 3; 150 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings.
Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device; Incompatible Product.
Reported result: Spillage, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion.
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=ZQzOm1qOCDx62FJWpoQvaQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `02a0193fe02c0cd8dc065a63dd39cb63688ae16e7c344a1124ee22ccb5c9a231`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T20:41:46.316Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2004040106`

### Source metadata

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}
```