{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997020208","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997020208 — STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED — LOUISVILLE, KY","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1996-12-19","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1996-12-19 in LOUISVILLE, KY.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997020208.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997020208.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997020208","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=fzZKSzsJ%2FKiHbjxGEoHX4g%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997020208.\nIncident date: 1996-12-19.\nLocation: LOUISVILLE, KY.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD.\nShipper: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.\nMaterials: UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 5500 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Basic Material.\nHow failed: Punctured.\nReported failure causes: Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.\nReported result: Spillage, Environmental Damage.\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":736}