# PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2010090255 — SULFUR, MOLTEN — BAY MINETTE, AL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2010090255  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2010-08-31  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2010-08-31 in BAY MINETTE, AL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2010090255.
Incident date: 2010-08-31.
Location: BAY MINETTE, AL.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CSX Transportation.
Shipper: Chevron Products Corp.
Materials: NA2448; SULFUR, MOLTEN; hazard class 9; 0.1 LGA released.
What failed: Frangible Disc.
How failed: Vented.
Reported failure causes: Corrosion - Interior.
Reported result: 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=OaqLxucpZg4%2FuNAcQkC20w%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `002090db96efa1b82ef159af3e43750b7ca7dfa69f39d6fda121a04de91be601`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T18:28:13.588Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-x-2010090255`

### Source metadata

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  "originCities": [
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```