{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979040970","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979040970 — TETRAHYDROFURAN — SOMERVILLE, MA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1979-03-24","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1979-03-24 in SOMERVILLE, MA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979040970.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979040970.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979040970","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=SEDtwbwJEIzRyJH1oBqbeA%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979040970.\nIncident date: 1979-03-24.\nLocation: SOMERVILLE, MA.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: BOSTON & MAINE CORP.\nShipper: QUAKER OATS CO.\nMaterials: UN2056; TETRAHYDROFURAN; hazard class 3; 130 LGA 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":671}