{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1984030297","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1984030297 — METHANOL — GEISMAR, LA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1984-03-21","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1984-03-21 in GEISMAR, LA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1984030297.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1984030297.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1984030297","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=b9yrS5pmWoEtDYt2BLPW7A%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1984030297.\nIncident date: 1984-03-21.\nLocation: GEISMAR, LA.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD.\nShipper: BORDEN CHEMICAL CO INC.\nMaterials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 300 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":680}