# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2010040232 — LPG — MECHANICSBURD, IL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2010040232  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2010-03-18  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2010-03-18 in MECHANICSBURD, IL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2010040232.
Incident date: 2010-03-18.
Location: MECHANICSBURD, IL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: Ferrellgas, Inc..
Shipper: Ferrellgas, Inc..
Materials: UN1075; LPG; hazard class 2.1; 6.684 GCF released.
What failed: Hose.
How failed: Ripped or Torn.
Reported failure causes: Human Error.
Reported result: Vapor(Gas) Dispersion.
Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=VzWiS1tRvucmp6XxIJcXxg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `d3f1d5830f56c1bb5d36349919dd35722710b433cefae53abf7fc8ccbad05a5a`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T04:53:26.394Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2010040232`

### Source metadata

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```