- Author
- Steele, W. A. | Bowser, D. | Chapman, R. E.
- Title
- Incidence of Hazardous Material Accidents During Transportation and Storage. Final Report.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Report
- NBSIR 73-412, November 1973,
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- hazardous materials; materials handling; accident investigations; pipeline transportation; water transportation; highway transportation; rail transportation; storage
- Abstract
- This report is one of a series describing background research concerning the incidence of abnormal loading. The report is organized in terms of modes of hazardous material transportation and storage. These modes - pipline, water, motor vehicle, and railroad transportation systems - are addressed in four sections with Storage Systems discussed in a fifth. The sections depend on the amount of available data, rather than the risk involved in an accident. A summary of the results is presented in the last section. On the whole, there is little empirical evidence to substantiate a threat to buildings from hazardous materials transport. However, trends in volumes shipped in proximity to structures of interest raises the prospect of future incidents.