Hazardous Materials Accidents
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Hazardous Materials
Accidents
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Hazardous Materials
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| Title: Hazardous Materials Accident Brief: Release of hazardous materials from cargo tank in Middletown, Ohio, on August 22, 2003. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZB-04-01, adopted on 7/22/2004 [Full Text | PDF Document] |
| Title: Hazardous Materials Accident Report: Nurse Tank Failure with Release of Hazardous Materials Near Calamus, Iowa, April 15, 2003 |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-04-01, adopted on 6/22/2004 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB2004-917001 |
| Title: South Charleston, West Virginia, Dana Transport, Inc., MC-307 Cargo Tank Catastrophic structural failure of cargo tank involving 5,152, gallons of polypropylene glycol, January 5, 2002 |
| NTSB Report Number: HZB-03-01, adopted on 8/21/2003 [Full Text | PDF Document] |
| Title: Release and Ignition of Hydrogen Following the Collision Between a Tractor/Semitrailer with Horizontally Mounted Cylinders and a Pickup Truck near Ramona, Oklahoma, May 1, 2001 |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-02-02, adopted on 9/17/2002 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB2002-917003 |
| Title: Hazardous Materials Release From Railroad Tank Car With Subsequent Fire at Riverview, Michigan July 14, 2001 |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-02-01, adopted on 6/26/2002 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB2002-917002 |
| Title: Hazardous Material Accident Report: Rupture of a Railroad Tank Car Containing Hazardous Waste near Clymers, Indiana February 18, 1999 |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-01-01, adopted on 3/5/2001 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB2001-917002 |
| Title: Railroad Accident Report: Derailment of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company Intermodal Freight Train S-CHILAC1-31, Crisfield, Kansas on September 2, 1998 |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-00-01, adopted on 7/17/2000 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB2000-916301 |
| Title: Incident Brief: Spill of an undeclared shipment of hazardous materials in a cargo compartment of an aircraft Northwest Airlines Flight 957 10/28/98 |
| NTSB Report Number: HZB-00-01, adopted on 5/17/2000 [Full Text | PDF Document] |
| Title: Chemical Reactions During Cargo Transfer Louisville, Kentucky, November 19, 1998 |
| NTSB Report Number: HZB-00-02, adopted on 6/13/2000 [Full Text | PDF Document] |
| Title: Chemical Reactions During Cargo Transfer Whitehall, Michigan, June 4, 1999 |
| NTSB Report Number: HZB-00-03, adopted on 6/13/2000 [Full Text | PDF Document] |
| Title: Hazardous Material Accident Report: Overflow of Gasoline and Fire at a Service Station-Convenience Store Biloxi, Mississippi August 9, 1998 |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-99-02, adopted on 9/21/1999 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB99-917005 |
| Title: Hazardous Material Accident Report: Fire and Explosion of Highway Cargo Tanks, Stock Island, Key West, Florida June 29, 1998 |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-99-01, adopted on 9/21/1999 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB99-917005 |
| Title: Failure of Tank Car 3417 and Subsequent Release of Liquified Petroleum Gas Pasadena, Texas November 22, 1997 |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM98-01*, adopted on 12/1/1998 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB98-917007 |
| Title: Tank Car Failure and Release of Corrosive and Poisonous Liquid, Memphis, Tennessee, April 2, 1997 |
| NTSB Report Number: HZB-98-04, adopted on 11/17/1998 [Full Text | PDF Document] |
| Title: Derailment and Hazardous Materials Release, Southern Pacific Lines, Tennessee Pass, Colorado, February 21, 1996 |
| NTSB Report Number: RAB-98-08, adopted on 8/18/1998 [Full Text | PDF Document] |
| Title: Derailment and Hazardous Materials Release with Fatality, Montana Rail Link, Alberton, Montana, April 11, 1996 |
| NTSB Report Number: RAB-98-07, adopted on 8/18/1998 [Full Text | PDF Document] |
| Title: Highway/Hazardous Materials Accident Summary Report Collision of Tractor/Cargo Tank Semi- Trailer and Passenger Vehicle and Subsequent Fire, Yonkers, New York October 9,1997 |
| NTSB Report Number: HAR98-02*, adopted on 5/5/1998 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB98-916202 |
| Title: Tank Car Structural Failure with the Release and Ignition of Propane, Selkirk, New York, March 6, 1996 |
| NTSB Report Number: HZB-98-03, adopted on 4/20/1998 [Full Text | PDF Document] |
| Title: Tank Car Failure and Release of Flammable and Toxic Liquid, Sweetwater, Tennessee, February 7, 1996 |
| NTSB Report Number: HZB-98-02, adopted on 4/20/1998 [Full Text | PDF Document] |
| Title: Tank Car Failure and Release of Poisonous and Corrosive Vapors, Gaylord Chemical Corporation, Bogalusa, Louisiana, October 23, 1995 |
| NTSB Report Number: HZB-98-01, adopted on 1/27/1998 [Full Text | PDF Document] |
| Title: Propane Truck Collision with Bridge Column and Fire, White Plains, New York, July 27, 1994 |
| NTSB Report Number: HAR-95-02, adopted on 11/14/1995 [Summary] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB95-916202 |
| Title: Tank Car Failure and Release of Arsenic Acid in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on June 6, 1994. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-95-01, adopted on 2/22/1995 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB95-917003 |
| Title: Derailment of Burlington Northern Freight Train No. 01-142-30 and Release of Hazardous Materials in the town of Superior, Wisconsin, June 30, 1992. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-94-01, adopted on 3/28/1994 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB94-917003 |
| Title: Explosion and Fire Aboard the U.S. Tankship Jupiter Bay City, Michigan September 16,1990. |
| NTSB Report Number: MAR-91-04, adopted on 10/29/1991 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB91-916404 |
| Title: Overturn of a Tractor-Semitrailer (Cargo Tank) with Release of Automotive Gasoline and Fire Carmichael, California February 13, 1991. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-91-01, adopted on 9/4/1991 [Summary] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB91-917004 |
| Title: Derailment of CSX Transportation Inc. Freight Train and Hazardous Materials Release Near Freeland, Michigan July 22, 1989. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-91-04, adopted on 7/23/1991 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB91-916304 |
| Title: Puncture of a Cylinder Containing a Mixture of Methyl Bromide and Chloropicrin Following the Overturn of a Tractor/Semitrailer Collier County, Florida November 30, 1988. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-90-01, adopted on 2/12/1990 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB90-917001 |
| Title: Derailment of a CSX Transportation Freight Train and Fire involving Butane Akron, Ohio February 26, 1989. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-90-02, adopted on 9/25/1990 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB90-917006 |
| Title: Grounding of U.S. Tankship Exxon Valdez on Bligh Reef, Prince William Sound Near Valdez, AK March 24, 1989. |
| NTSB Report Number: MAR-90-04, adopted on 7/31/1990 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB90-916405 |
| Title: Collision and derailment of Montana Rail Link Freight Train with Locomotive Units and Hazardous Materials Release Helena, Montana Februrary 2, 1989. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-89-05, adopted on 12/6/1989 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB89-916305 |
| Title: Ramming of the CSXT Railroad Bridge By the Cyprian Bulk Carrier M/V Pontokratis Calumet River, Chicago, Illinois, May 6, 1988. |
| NTSB Report Number: MAR-89-05, adopted on 7/18/1989 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB89-916405 |
| Title: In-Flight Fire, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-83, N569AA, Nashville, Tennessee, February 3, 1988. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-88-02, adopted on 9/13/1988 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB88-917006 |
| Title: Butadiene Release and Fire from GATX 55996 at the CSX Terminal Junction Interchange New Orleans, Louisiana September 8, 1987. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-88-01, adopted on 9/30/1988 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB88-917005 |
| Title: Hazardous Materials Release Following the Derailment of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Train No. SLFR Miamisburg, Ohio July 8, 1986. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-87-01, adopted on 9/29/1987 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB87-917004 |
| Title: Derailment of St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company (Cotton Belt) Freight Train Extra 4835 North and Release of Hazardous Materials near Pine Bluff, Arkansas, June 9, 1985. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-86-04, adopted on 10/7/1986 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB86-916305 |
| Title: Anhydrous Hydrogen Fluoride Release from NATX 9408, Train No. BNEL3Y at Conrail's Receiving Yard, Elkhart, Indiana, February 4, 1985. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-85-03, adopted on 11/27/1985 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB85-917015 |
| Title: Overturn of a Tractor-Semitrailer, Transporting Torpedoes, Denver, Colorado, August 1, 1984. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-85-02, adopted on 10/21/1985 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB85-917015 |
| Title: Derailment of Seaboard System Railroad Train No. F-690 with Hazardous Material Release, Jackson, South Carolina, February 23, 1985. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-85-12, adopted on 10/16/1985 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB85-916312 |
| Title: Fatigue-Related Commercial Vehicle Accident - Cheyenne, Wyoming, July 18, 1984. Fatigue-Related Commercial Vehicle Accident - Junction City, Arkansas, October 19, 1984. |
| NTSB Report Number: HAR-85-04, adopted on 6/25/1985 [Summary] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB85-916205 |
| Title: Vinyl Chloride Monomer Release from a Railroad Tank Car and Fire, Formosa Plastics Corporation Plant, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 30, 1983. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-85-08, adopted on 5/14/1985 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB85-916308 |
| Title: Release of Hazardous Waste Acid from Cargo Tank Truck, Orange County, Florida, March 6, 1984. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-85-01, adopted on 3/19/1985 [Summary] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB85-917003 |
| Title: Grounding of U.S. Tankship SS Mobil Oil, in the Columbia River, near Saint Helens, Oregon, March 19, 1984. |
| NTSB Report Number: MAR-84-09, adopted on 11/20/1984 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB84-916409 |
| Title: Derailment of Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Freight Train Extra 9629 East (GS-2-28) and Release of Hazardous Materials at Livingston, LA, 09/28/82. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-83-05, adopted on 8/10/1983 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB83-916305 |
| Title: Railroad/Highway Grade Crossing Accidents Involving Trucks Transporting Hazardous Materials. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-81-02, adopted on 9/24/1981 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB82-113432 |
| Title: Phosphorus Trichloride Release in Boston and Maine Yard During Switching Operations, Somerville, MA, April 3, 1980. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-81-01, adopted on 2/26/1981 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB81-172397 |
| Title: Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company Freight Train Derailment, Hazardous Material Release and Evacuation, Muldraugh, Kentucky, July 26, 1980. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-81-01, adopted on 2/3/1981 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB81-163511 |
| Title: Liberian Tank Vessel M/V Seatiger Explosion and Fire Sun Oil Terminal Nederland, Texas, April 19, 1979. |
| NTSB Report Number: MAR-80-12, adopted on 9/2/1980 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB81-100372 |
| Title: The Accident Performance of Tank Car Safeguards. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-80-01, adopted on 3/8/1980 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB80-162787 |
| Title: Survival in Hazardous Materials Transportation Accidents. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-79-04, adopted on 12/6/1979 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-144942 |
| Title: Special Investigative Report Onscene Coordination Among Agencies at Hazardous Materials Accidents. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-79-03, adopted on 9/13/1979 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-301165/AS |
| Title: Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. Freight Train Derailment & Puncture of Hazardous Materials Tank Cars - Crestview, Florida, April 8, 1979. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-79-11, adopted on 9/13/1979 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB80-103567 |
| Title: Noncompliance with Hazardous Materials Safety Regulations Special Study. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-79-02, adopted on 8/3/1979 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-299432/AS |
| Title: Standardized Hazardous Materials Accident Maps. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-79-01, adopted on 5/3/1979 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-297761/9GA |
| Title: Derailment of L & N Railroad Company's Train No. 584 and Subsequent Rupture of Tank Car Containing Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Waverly, Tennessee, Feb. 22, 1978. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-79-01, adopted on 2/8/1979 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-292407/AS |
| Title: St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company Freight Train Derailment and Rupture of Vinyl Chloride Tank Car, Lewisville, Arkansas, March 29, 1978. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-78-08, adopted on 12/7/1978 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-291758/AS |
| Title: Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. Freight Train Derailment and Puncture of Anhydrous Ammonia Tank Cars at Pensacola, Florida, November 9, 1977. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-78-04, adopted on 7/20/1978 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-284335/AS |
| Title: An Overview of a Bulk Gasoline Delivery Fire and Explosions. |
| NTSB Report Number: HZM-78-01, adopted on 2/24/1978 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-283769/AS |
| Title: Transport Company of Texas, Tractor Semitrailer (Tank) Collision with Bridge Column and Sudden Dispersal of Anhydrous Amonia Cargo, Houston, TX, May 11, 1976. |
| NTSB Report Number: HAR-77-01, adopted on 4/14/1977 [Summary] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-268251 |
| Title: Union Oil Company of California, Tank Truck and Full Trailer Overturn and Fire, Seattle, Washington, December 4, 1975. |
| NTSB Report Number: HAR-76-07, adopted on 7/28/1976 [Summary] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-257913/AS |
| Title: Derailment of Tank Cars with Subsequent Fire and Explosion on Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Rail Company, near Des Moines, Iowa, September 1, 1975. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-76-08, adopted on 6/30/1976 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-256592/AS |
| Title: Surtigas, S.A., Tank-Semitrailer Overturn, Explosion, and Fire, near Eagle Pass, Texas, April 29, 1975. |
| NTSB Report Number: HAR-76-04, adopted on 5/5/1976 [Summary] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-254034/AS |
| Title: Burlington Northern Inc., Monomethylamine Nitrite Explosion, Wenatchee, Washington, August 6, 1974. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-76-01, adopted on 2/2/1976 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-250032/AS |
| Title: Hazardous Materials Accident at the Southern Pacific Transportation Company's Englewood Yard in Houston, Texas, September 21, 1974. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-75-07, adopted on 5/21/1975 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-243598/AS |
| Title: Hazardous Materials Accident in the Railroad Yard of the Norfold and Western Railway at DeCatur, Illinois, July 19, 1974. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-75-04, adopted on 4/10/1975 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-242807/AS |
| Title: Mutiple Vehicle Collision, Followed by Propylene Cargo Tank Explosion, New Jersey Turnpike, Exit 8, Sept. 21, 1972. |
| NTSB Report Number: HAR-73-04, adopted on 10/17/1973 [Summary] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-225032/AS |
| Title: Propane Tractor Semitrailer Overturn and Fire, U.S. Route 501, Lynchburg, Virginia, March 9, 1972. |
| NTSB Report Number: HAR-73-03, adopted on 5/24/1973 [Summary] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-221986 |
| Title: Hazardous Materials Railroad Accident in the Alton and Southern Gateway Yard in East St. Louis, Illinois, January 22, 1972. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-73-01, adopted on 1/31/1973 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-217429 |
| Title: Automobile Truck Collision Followed by Fire and Explosion of Dynamite Cargo on U.S. Highway 78, near Waco, Georgia on June 4, 1971. |
| NTSB Report Number: HAR-72-05, adopted on 9/21/1972 [Summary] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-213129 |
| Title: Truck Automobile Collision Involving Spilled Methyl-Bromide on U.S. 90, near Gretna, Florida, August 8, 1971. |
| NTSB Report Number: HAR-72-03, adopted on 6/1/1972 [Summary] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-211596 |
| Title: Penn Central Transportation Co. Freight Train Derailment, Passenger Train Collision with Hazardous Material Car, Sound View, Connecticut, October 8, 1970 |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-72-01, adopted on 12/22/1971 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-207621 |
| Title: Accidental Mixing of Incompatible Chemicals, Followed by Mutiple Fatalities, During a Bulk Delivery, Berwick, Maine, April 2, 1971. |
| NTSB Report Number: HAR-71-07, adopted on 8/26/1971 [Summary] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-203402 |
| Title: Illinois Central Railroad Company, Train No. 1, Collision with Gasoline Tank Truck at South Second Street Grade Crossing, Loda, Illinois, Jan. 24, 1970. |
| NTSB Report Number: RHR-71-01, adopted on 7/8/1971 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-202869 |
| Title: Liquefied Oxygen Tank Truck Explosion Followed by Fires in Brooklyn, New York, May 30, 1970. |
| NTSB Report Number: HAR-71-06, adopted on 5/12/1971 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-200820 |
| Title: Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company, Train No. 10/76, Franconia, Virginia, January 27, 1970. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-71-01, adopted on 2/3/1971 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-198263 |
| Title: Southern Railway Company, Train 154, Derailment with Fire and Explosion, Laurel, Mississippi, January 25, 1969. |
| NTSB Report Number: RAR-, adopted on 10/6/1969 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-190208 |