{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979081909","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1979081909 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — GREENCASTLE, PA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1979-07-21","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1979-07-21 in GREENCASTLE, PA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979081909.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979081909.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1979081909","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=E32ukbN12cDmwkM0TAPCeg%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1979081909.\nIncident date: 1979-07-21.\nLocation: GREENCASTLE, PA.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP(CONRAIL.\nShipper: HOOKER CHEMICAL & PLASTICS.\nMaterials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 10000 LGA released.\nReported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.\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":678}