# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2001070578 — AMMONIA, ANHYDROUS, LIQUEFIED OR AMMONIA SOLUTIONS RELATIVE DENSITY LESS THAN .880 AT 15 DEGREES C IN WATER, WITH MORE THAN 50 PERCENT AMMONIA — WILMINGTON, OH

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2001070578
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2001070578 — AMMONIA, ANHYDROUS, LIQUEFIED OR AMMONIA SOLUTIONS RELATIVE DENSITY LESS THAN .880 AT 15 DEGREES C IN WATER, WITH MORE THAN 50 PERCENT AMMONIA — WILMINGTON, OH
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 2001-06-17
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2001-06-17 in WILMINGTON, OH.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2001070578.
Incident date: 2001-06-17.
Location: WILMINGTON, OH.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION.
Shipper: OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CO / RHINEHART W H.
Materials: UN1005; AMMONIA, ANHYDROUS, LIQUEFIED OR AMMONIA SOLUTIONS RELATIVE DENSITY LESS THAN .880 AT 15 DEGREES C IN WATER, WITH MORE THAN 50 PERCENT AMMONIA; hazard class 2.3; 0 released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 12300 LGA released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 16000 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident / Dropped; Derailment; Rollover Accident.
Reported result: Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer.
Reporter-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.
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