{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979010738","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979010738 — SODIUM NITRATE — SANTA CLARA, CA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1979-01-02","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1979-01-02 in SANTA CLARA, CA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979010738.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979010738.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979010738","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=XE7ekVmKKk4kd%2Bi4v6h%2BYA%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979010738.\nIncident date: 1979-01-02.\nLocation: SANTA CLARA, CA.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP CO.\nShipper: CHILEAN NITRATE SALES CORP.\nMaterials: UN1498; SODIUM NITRATE; hazard class 5.1; 6000 SLB released.\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":645}