# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002030378 — METHANOL — MEMPHIS, TN

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002030378
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002030378 — METHANOL — MEMPHIS, TN
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2002-02-01
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2002-02-01 in MEMPHIS, TN.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2002030378.
Incident date: 2002-02-01.
Location: MEMPHIS, TN.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE.
Shipper: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEM AMERICA.
Materials: UN1230; METHANOL; hazard class 3; 4400 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.
How failed: Ripped or Torn.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
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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