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Table 2-19: Louisiana Hazardous Materials Incidents by Mode: 2000

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Table 2-19: Louisiana Hazardous Materials Incidents by Mode: 2000

(Not including pipelines)

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 Mode  Total incidents  Deaths Injuries Damages
($ thousands)
Major Minor
Highway 242 0 1 7 950
Rail 85 0 0 4 15,607
Air 7 0 0 0 0
Water1 1 0 0 0 75
Total 334 0 1 11 16,632

1 Includes only packaged shipments (i.e., nonbulk shipments).

NOTE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: Hazardous materials incident data are subject to revision and correction by the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety.

SOURCE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Hazmat Summary by State for Calendar Year 2000, and earlier years, Washington, DC: 2002, available at http://hazmat.dot.gov/ as of Apr. 24, 2002.