{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1999101048","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1999101048 — HEXAMETHYLENEDIAMINE SOLUTION — DECATUR, AL","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1999-10-04","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1999-10-04 in DECATUR, AL.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1999101048.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1999101048.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1999101048","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=rKUt3cCrJyDO5TGUV9vF6w%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1999101048.\nIncident date: 1999-10-04.\nLocation: DECATUR, AL.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD.\nShipper: SOULTIA INC.\nMaterials: UN1783; HEXAMETHYLENEDIAMINE SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 10 LGA released | UN1783; HEXAMETHYLENEDIAMINE SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 2990 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings / Basic Material.\nHow failed: Burst or Ruptured / Punctured.\nReported failure causes: 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":868}