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Table 2-20: Hazardous Materials
Incidents by Mode: 2005
(Not
including pipelines or bulk, nonpackaged water incidents)
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| Alabama |
192 |
17 |
7 |
0 |
216 |
| Alaska |
3 |
0 |
45 |
0 |
48 |
| Arizona |
254 |
10 |
18 |
0 |
282 |
| Arkansas |
178 |
11 |
6 |
2 |
197 |
| California |
1,113 |
61 |
82 |
16 |
1,272 |
| Colorado |
245 |
4 |
17 |
0 |
266 |
| Connecticut |
213 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
214 |
| Delaware |
19 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
23 |
| District of Columbia |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| Florida |
555 |
12 |
35 |
9 |
611 |
| Georgia |
389 |
17 |
19 |
6 |
431 |
| Hawaii |
5 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
12 |
| Idaho |
31 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
36 |
| Illinois |
967 |
54 |
36 |
2 |
1,059 |
| Indiana |
303 |
17 |
16 |
0 |
336 |
| Iowa |
155 |
17 |
4 |
0 |
176 |
| Kansas |
308 |
12 |
11 |
0 |
331 |
| Kentucky |
192 |
24 |
218 |
0 |
434 |
| Louisiana |
184 |
72 |
5 |
0 |
261 |
| Maine |
26 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
29 |
| Maryland |
271 |
9 |
16 |
0 |
296 |
| Massachusetts |
215 |
3 |
10 |
0 |
228 |
| Michigan |
259 |
11 |
29 |
1 |
300 |
| Minnesota |
236 |
9 |
15 |
0 |
260 |
| Mississippi |
111 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
115 |
| Missouri |
377 |
12 |
10 |
0 |
399 |
| Montana |
27 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
31 |
| Nebraska |
47 |
9 |
10 |
0 |
66 |
| Nevada |
88 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
100 |
| New Hampshire |
23 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
27 |
| New Jersey |
380 |
27 |
20 |
9 |
436 |
| New Mexico |
54 |
8 |
5 |
0 |
67 |
| New York |
412 |
15 |
23 |
8 |
458 |
| North Carolina |
401 |
22 |
12 |
0 |
435 |
| North Dakota |
20 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
21 |
| Ohio |
1,174 |
38 |
421 |
0 |
1,633 |
| Oklahoma |
176 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
189 |
| Oregon |
191 |
8 |
19 |
0 |
218 |
| Pennsylvania |
807 |
33 |
21 |
1 |
862 |
| Rhode Island |
23 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
27 |
| South Carolina |
161 |
19 |
5 |
2 |
187 |
| South Dakota |
14 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
15 |
| Tennessee |
478 |
29 |
323 |
0 |
830 |
| Texas |
1,225 |
81 |
65 |
5 |
1,376 |
| Utah |
197 |
10 |
11 |
0 |
218 |
| Vermont |
12 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
17 |
| Virginia |
178 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
194 |
| Washington |
199 |
20 |
24 |
3 |
246 |
| West Virginia |
36 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
42 |
| Wisconsin |
190 |
6 |
13 |
0 |
209 |
| Wyoming |
13 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
19 |
| United States,
total1 |
13,340 |
737 |
1,630 |
68 |
15,775 |
1Total includes incidents for
which the state is unreported and excludes incidents occurring in a U.S.
territory or foreign country.
2Includes only packaged shipments (i.e., nonbulk shipments).
NOTES: Hazardous materials
incident data are subject to revision and correction by the Office of
Hazardous Materials Safety.
Hazardous
materials transportation incidents required to be reported are defined in the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 49 CFR Part 171.15, 171.16 (Form F
5800.1). Incident means any of the
following events: (1) a fatality or major injury caused by the release of a
hazardous material; (2) the evacuation of 25 or more persons as a result of
release of a hazardous material or exposure to fire; (3) a release or
exposure to fire which results in the closure of a major transportation
artery; (4) the alteration of an aircraft flight plan or operation; (5) the
release of radioactive materials from Type B packaging; (6) the release of
over 11.9 gallons or 88.2 pounds of a severe marine pollutant; or (7) the
release of a bulk quantity (over 119 gallons or 882 pounds) of a hazardous
material.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration,
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Hazmat
Summary by State for Calendar Year 2005,
Washington, DC: 2006, available at http://hazmat.dot.gov/ as of Oct. 5, 2006.
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