HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM

The system is used to process information on the unintentional release of hazardous materials during the course of transportation. This information is compiled in accordance with the requirement levied in the Transportation Safety Act of 1974, Public Law 93-633. Areas, pinpoint need for corrective action, and provide a statistical compilation of all accidents and incidents involving hazardous materials. The system contains information on each reported incident and consists of data elements such as the date of the incident, location, shipper, carrier, commodity involved, and other detailed information concerning the packaging and nature of the incident. Monthly and yearly reports are generated and include: carriers by mode, incidents involving exemptions, incidents involving reconditions, shippers monthly report, commodity/container summary report, container and cause summary report, shippers by location, and incidents by location.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Availability: For internal use only; however requests for info are filled by the Office. Carriers are required to submit a detailed Hazardous Materials Incident Report (DOT from 5800.1) to the Office of Hazardous Materials Operations upon any occurrence of an unintentional release of a hazardous material in transportation.
• Corporate Authors:

  Materials Transportation Bureau

  400 7th Street, SW, MTB-1
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commodities; Crash analysis; Crash data; Crash reports; Crashes; Databases; Freight traffic; Hazardous materials; Information processing; Information systems; Intermodal transportation; Modal split; Safety and security; Statistics; Traffic managers; Transportation; Transportation safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shippers
• Old TRIS Terms: Commodity statistics; Hazardous materials information system; Hazardous materials transportation
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00320634
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Statistical Reference File, TSC
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monthly
• Files: TSR, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 19 1980 12:00AM