{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2009040018","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2009040018 — SULFUR, MOLTEN — PLAQUEMINE, LA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2009-03-07","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2009-03-07 in PLAQUEMINE, LA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-x-2009040018.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-x-2009040018.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-x-2009040018","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=LDblstbjEFeNl2c%2BKIfUBg%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2009040018.\nIncident date: 2009-03-07.\nLocation: PLAQUEMINE, LA.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: Union Pacific Railroad.\nShipper: ConocoPhillips Company / REICHHOLD CHEMICAL CO INC.\nMaterials: NA2448; SULFUR, MOLTEN; hazard class 9; 1500 LGA released | UN2055; STYRENE MONOMER, STABILIZED; hazard class 3; 0.007812 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Tank Head / Tank Shell; Tank Shell.\nHow failed: Cracked / Gouged or Cut; Punctured.\nReported failure causes: Derailment / Derailment; Derailment.\nReported result: Spillage, Fire, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion.\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":908}