{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997041155","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997041155 — POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION — SALE CREEK, TN","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1997-03-21","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1997-03-21 in SALE CREEK, TN.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997041155.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997041155.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997041155","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=abRiRGEWftMwtRY%2Bq6xJpg%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997041155.\nIncident date: 1997-03-21.\nLocation: SALE CREEK, TN.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD.\nShipper: OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CO.\nMaterials: UN1814; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 15 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.\nHow failed: Burst or Ruptured.\nReported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident.\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":729}