# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997020242 — SODIUM CHLORATE — MOBILE, AL

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997020242
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997020242 — SODIUM CHLORATE — MOBILE, AL
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 1997-01-08
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1997-01-08 in MOBILE, AL.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997020242.
Incident date: 1997-01-08.
Location: MOBILE, AL.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN RR CO.
Shipper: E K A CHEMICALS.
Materials: UN1495; SODIUM CHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 2000 SLB released.
What failed: Basic Material.
How failed: Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Derailment.
Reported result: Spillage.
Reporter-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.
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