# PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2009080001 — STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED — URBANA, IL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2009080001  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2009-07-26  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2009-07-26 in URBANA, IL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2009080001.
Incident date: 2009-07-26.
Location: URBANA, IL.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CN/Illinois Central Railroad.
Shipper: Dow Chemical Company.
Materials: UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 1 LGA released.
What failed: Liquid Valve.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Inadequate Preparation for Transportation.
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=FPhoM%2B1YJekqPM5%2BEpTTSg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `5401893750047767a07d7eefb9af73b1ec3f5f7fcf8ac9be5b6e59d1e3057a54`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T10:14:48.762Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-x-2009080001`

### Source metadata

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}
```