{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2019010216","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2019010216 — SULFUR, MOLTEN — BLOUNTS CREEK, NC","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2019-01-01","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2019-01-01 in BLOUNTS CREEK, NC.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2019010216.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2019010216.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2019010216","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=JvTXxHEIn2eW%2BFFlH0dHKA%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2019010216.\nIncident date: 2019-01-01.\nLocation: BLOUNTS CREEK, NC.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.\nShipper: Shell Canada Energy.\nMaterials: UN2448; SULFUR, MOLTEN; hazard class 4.1; 1000 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Tank Head.\nHow failed: Punctured.\nReported failure causes: Derailment.\nReported result: Spillage.\nReporter-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.","truncated":false,"body_characters":672}