# PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2014100060 — AMMONIA ANHYDROUS — Somerville, TX

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2014100060  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2014-09-07  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2014-09-07 in Somerville, TX.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2014100060.
Incident date: 2014-09-07.
Location: Somerville, TX.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: BNSF Railway Company.
Shipper: Koch Nitrogen Company, LLC by Martin Product Sales LLC.
Materials: UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.2; 0.03342 GCF released.
What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing; Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing.
How failed: Leaked; Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device; Loose Closure, Component, or Device.
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=XKRIss6MXceS7QMT26oClA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `8d3c4c9c856b6d2992e7b8c110afdb9edbfce8ac7c7506633329439eb39189d6`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T12:30:52.180Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-x-2014100060`

### Source metadata

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