# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003120058 — ETHYL METHYL KETONE OR METHYL ETHYL KETONE — SHORTERS, AL

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003120058
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2003120058 — ETHYL METHYL KETONE OR METHYL ETHYL KETONE — SHORTERS, AL
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 2003-10-25
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2003-10-25 in SHORTERS, AL.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2003120058.
Incident date: 2003-10-25.
Location: SHORTERS, AL.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION.
Shipper: EXXON CHEM AMERICAS / LONE STAR INDUSTRIES / MILLENNIUM PETROCHEMICALS.
Materials: UN1193; ETHYL METHYL KETONE OR METHYL ETHYL KETONE; hazard class 3; 29936 LGA released | UN1301; VINYL ACETATE, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 27235 LGA released | UN1942; AMMONIUM NITRATE, WITH NOT MORE THAN 0.2% OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS, INCLUDING ANY ORGANIC SUBSTANCE CALCULATED AS CARBON TO THE EXCLUSION OF ANY OTHER ADDED SUBSTANCE; hazard class 5.1; 2500 SLB released.
What failed: Basic Material / Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug); Manway or Dome Cover; Piping or Fittings.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured / Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident / Derailment; Rollover Accident; Impact with Sharp or Protruding Object (e.g., nails).
Reported result: Spillage, Fire, 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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