{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979061194","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979061194 — CALCIUM CARBIDE — DECATUR, AL","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1978-12-22","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1978-12-22 in DECATUR, AL.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979061194.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979061194.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979061194","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=cKwepjWA%2B7FfLYEUPXefcg%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979061194.\nIncident date: 1978-12-22.\nLocation: DECATUR, AL.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM.\nShipper: MIDWEST CARBIDE CORPORATION.\nMaterials: UN1402; CALCIUM CARBIDE; hazard class 4.4; 12000 SLB released.\nWhat failed: Basic Material.\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":612}