# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2004120894 — SODIUM CHLORATE — WATERTOWN, NY

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2004120894  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2004-12-03  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2004-12-03 in WATERTOWN, NY.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2004120894.
Incident date: 2004-12-03.
Location: WATERTOWN, NY.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION.
Shipper: E K A CHEMICALS.
Materials: UN1495; SODIUM CHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 10000 SLB released.
How failed: Punctured; Ripped or Torn.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
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=AWjaMNID2HF6i0RqXcGa%2FA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `8981fe3f0a7f0239b7fe47998ffafefa04f5d270007517eaf6f65812e9e4c32f`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T01:41:44.169Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2004120894`

### Source metadata

```json
{
  "materialSubtype": "phmsa_hazmat_serious_incident",
  "reportNumber": "I-2004120894",
  "operatorReported": true,
  "serious": true,
  "finalAgencyFinding": false,
  "eventDescriptionExcluded": true,
  "publicPdfUrl": "https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=AWjaMNID2HF6i0RqXcGa%2FA%3D%3D",
  "rowCount": 1,
  "carrierReporterNames": [
    "CSX TRANSPORTATION"
  ],
  "shipperNames": [
    "E K A CHEMICALS"
  ],
  "routes": [
    "MILEPOST QM 74.1 ST. LAWRENCE"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "WATERTOWN"
  ],
  "states": [
    "NY"
  ],
  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
    "Rail"
  ],
  "materials": [
    {
      "identificationNumber": "UN1495",
      "commodityName": "SODIUM CHLORATE",
      "hazardousClass": "5.1",
      "quantityReleased": "10000",
      "unitOfMeasure": "SLB"
    }
  ],
  "packages": [
    {
      "identificationMarkings": null,
      "outerMaterial": null,
      "outerType": null,
      "outerCapacity": "220000",
      "outerCapacityUnit": "SLB",
      "outerShipmentCount": "1",
      "outerFailedCount": "1",
      "innerMaterial": null,
      "innerType": null,
      "innerCapacity": "0",
      "innerCapacityUnit": null,
      "innerShipmentCount": "0",
      "innerFailedCount": "0"
    }
  ],
  "reportingRuleContext": [
    "171.15",
    "171.16"
  ],
  "caveat": "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.",
  "privacyCaveat": "The public CSV excludes preparer contact fields. Event Description is intentionally excluded from normalized records and search output to reduce incidental personal-information risk.",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}
```