{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997041151","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997041151 — SULFUR, MOLTEN — RIDGECREST, NC","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1997-03-30","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1997-03-30 in RIDGECREST, NC.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997041151.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997041151.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997041151","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=PgJTBJotv8fFV%2FryJVX%2BIw%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997041151.\nIncident date: 1997-03-30.\nLocation: RIDGECREST, NC.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD.\nShipper: DOW CHEMICAL CO / SHELL CHEMICAL CO.\nMaterials: NA2448; SULFUR, MOLTEN; hazard class 9; 3000 LGA released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 2 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Auxiliary Valve; Basic Material; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings.\nHow failed: Punctured / Ripped or Torn; Punctured.\nReported failure causes: Rollover Accident; Derailment / Rollover Accident; 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":923}