{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000080295","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000080295 — ETHYLENE OXIDE OR ETHYLENE OXIDE WITH NITROGEN UP TO A TOTAL PRESSURE OF 1MPA (10 BAR) AT 50 DEGREES C — EUNICE, LA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2000-05-27","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2000-05-27 in EUNICE, LA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2000080295.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2000080295.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2000080295","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=O9HFdqHoSvFkE1rUKx1QLQ%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2000080295.\nIncident date: 2000-05-27.\nLocation: EUNICE, LA.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.\nShipper: BASF WYANDOTTE CORP / DOW CHEMICAL CO / DOW NORTH AMERICA / PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY / SOLUTIA.\nMaterials: UN1040; ETHYLENE OXIDE OR ETHYLENE OXIDE WITH NITROGEN UP TO A TOTAL PRESSURE OF 1MPA (10 BAR) AT 50 DEGREES C; hazard class 2.3; 150 LGA released | UN1063; METHYL CHLORIDE OR REFRIGERANT GAS R 40; hazard class 2.1; 3440.9199 GCF released | UN1063; METHYL CHLORIDE OR REFRIGERANT GAS R 40; hazard class 2.1; 3444.3999 GCF released | UN1208; HEXANES; hazard class 3; 23463 LGA released | UN1208; HEXANES; hazard class 3; 23479 LGA released | UN1265; PENTANES; hazard class 3; 33651 LGA released | UN1279; PROPYLENE DICHLORIDE; hazard class 3; 21041 LGA released | UN2048; DICYCLOPENTADIENE; hazard class 3; 23496 LGA released | UN2078; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE; hazard class 6.1; 17583 LGA released | UN2078; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE; hazard class 6.1; 17597 LGA released | UN2218; ACRYLIC ACID, STABILIZED; hazard class 8; 23777 LGA released | UN2312; PHENOL, MOLTEN; hazard class 6.1; 23495 LGA released | UN2785; THIA-4-PENTANAL; hazard class 6.1; 150 LGA released | UN3266; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 21000 LGA released | UN3266; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 21060 LGA released | UN3266; CORROSIVE LIQUID, BASIC, INORGANIC, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 21117 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings; Vapor Valve / Basic Material.\nHow failed: Punctured.\nReported failure causes: Defective Component or Device; Over-pressurized / Derailment; Rollover Accident / Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.\nReported result: Spillage, Fire, Explosion, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion, Environmental Damage.\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":2169}