{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978051201","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978051201 — SODIUM NITRATE — SPRINGFIELD, OR","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1978-04-19","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1978-04-19 in SPRINGFIELD, OR.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1978051201.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1978051201.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1978051201","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=lS6cpZNxh3RbXq4q1u6Fig%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978051201.\nIncident date: 1978-04-19.\nLocation: SPRINGFIELD, OR.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP CO.\nShipper: CHILEAN NITRATE SALES CORP.\nMaterials: UN1498; SODIUM NITRATE; hazard class 5.1; 2200 SLB released.\nHow failed: Punctured.\nReported failure causes: Inadequate Blocking and Bracing.\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":668}