# PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2013010194 — ALCOHOLS, N.O.S. — Mt. Vernon, IL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2013010194  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2012-12-30  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2012-12-30 in Mt. Vernon, IL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2013010194.
Incident date: 2012-12-30.
Location: Mt. Vernon, IL.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: Norfolk Southern Railway Company.
Shipper: Biourja Trading LLC.
Materials: UN1987; ALCOHOLS, N.O.S.; hazard class 3; 16000 LGA released.
What failed: Air Inlet; Liquid Valve.
How failed: Torn Off or Damaged.
Reported failure causes: Derailment.
Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion, Environmental Damage.
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=6Dkn9OVqxwr8ELn%2FPrLXNQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `0719bb2859f0443199de7c53b51b36fde82d0879963a21ffa5c141ad3376e40c`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T15:23:31.569Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-x-2013010194`

### Source metadata

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