# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2012070222 — FERRIC CHLORIDE, SOLUTION — SAN BERNARDINO, CA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2012070222  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2012-06-22  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2012-06-22 in SAN BERNARDINO, CA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2012070222.
Incident date: 2012-06-22.
Location: SAN BERNARDINO, CA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: CHEMICAL TRANSFER CO. INC.
Shipper: KEMIRA WATER SOLUTIONS INC..
Materials: UN2582; FERRIC CHLORIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 1500 LGA released.
What failed: Tank Head; Vent.
How failed: Ripped or Torn; Burst or Ruptured.
Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident.
Reported result: Spillage.
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=8RqVcRUx8mrr8YvTjSuPkw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `87e056cc67a6ac6e65b56060f401814ca2731533d175ee958e16d699c8b56d27`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T15:29:51.004Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2012070222`

### Source metadata

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  "states": [
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}
```