# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2001090819 — XYLENES — EMHOUSE, TX

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2001090819
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2001090819 — XYLENES — EMHOUSE, TX
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 2001-08-10
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2001-08-10 in EMHOUSE, TX.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2001090819.
Incident date: 2001-08-10.
Location: EMHOUSE, TX.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE.
Shipper: GEORGIA GULF / OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CO / TAUBER OIL CO.
Materials: UN1307; XYLENES; hazard class 3; 275 LGA released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 5640 LGA released | UN2312; PHENOL, MOLTEN; hazard class 6.1; 18141.25 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.
How failed: Ripped or Torn.
Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device; Derailment; Rollover Accident / Derailment; Rollover Accident.
Reported result: Spillage.
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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