{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997071032","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1997071032 — POTASSIUM NITRATE — LONG BEACH, CA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1997-04-01","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1997-04-01 in LONG BEACH, CA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997071032.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997071032.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1997071032","source_url":"https://portalpublic.phmsa.dot.gov/analytics/saw.dll?Portal?PortalPath=/shared/Public%20Website%20Pages/_portal/Hazmat%20Incident%20Report%20Search","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1997071032.\nIncident date: 1997-04-01.\nLocation: LONG BEACH, CA.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.\nShipper: HANJIN SHIPPING CO.\nMaterials: UN1486; POTASSIUM NITRATE; hazard class 5.1; 1000 SLB released.\nWhat failed: Basic Material.\nHow failed: Abraded.\nReported failure causes: Improper Preparation for Transportation; Abrasion; Inadequate Blocking and Bracing.\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":739}