{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2023040082","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2023040082 — FORMIC ACID WITH MORE THAN 85% ACID BY MASS — Harahan, LA","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2023-03-23","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2023-03-23 in Harahan, LA.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-x-2023040082.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-x-2023040082.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-x-2023040082","source_url":"https://portalpublic.phmsa.dot.gov/analytics/saw.dll?Portal?PortalPath=/shared/Public%20Website%20Pages/_portal/Hazmat%20Incident%20Report%20Search","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2023040082.\nIncident date: 2023-03-23.\nLocation: Harahan, LA.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: Illinois Central Railroad Company.\nShipper: BASF.\nMaterials: UN1779; FORMIC ACID WITH MORE THAN 85% ACID BY MASS; hazard class 8; 50 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Flange.\nHow failed: Leaked.\nReported failure causes: Improper Preparation for Transportation.\nReported result: Spillage.\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":700}