{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979031509","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979031509 — AMMONIA ANHYDROUS — PORTSMOUTH, VA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1979-02-26","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1979-02-26 in PORTSMOUTH, VA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979031509.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979031509.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979031509","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=OQ%2BRApDfrXUpqtwxmH01pg%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979031509.\nIncident date: 1979-02-26.\nLocation: PORTSMOUTH, VA.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: NORFOLK FRANKLIN & DANVILLE RR.\nShipper: CAR-REN INC.\nMaterials: UN1005; AMMONIA ANHYDROUS; hazard class 2.2; 1520 SLB released.\nWhat failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.\nReported failure causes: Defective Component or Device.\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":684}