{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977030395","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977030395 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — ST MATTHEWS, KY","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1977-02-18","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1977-02-18 in ST MATTHEWS, KY.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1977030395.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1977030395.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1977030395","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=qr9RzstlWIMHN0DZu8OKNg%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1977030395.\nIncident date: 1977-02-18.\nLocation: ST MATTHEWS, KY.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RR.\nShipper: HOOKER CHEMICAL & PLASTICS.\nMaterials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 1507 LGA released.\nReported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.\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}