# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017010231 — BATTERIES, WET, FILLED WITH ACID, ELECTRIC STORAGE — INDIANAPOLIS, IN

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017010231  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2016-11-08  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2016-11-08 in INDIANAPOLIS, IN.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2017010231.
Incident date: 2016-11-08.
Location: INDIANAPOLIS, IN.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: FedEx Freight.
Shipper: GNB INDUSTRIAL BATTERY.
Materials: UN2794; BATTERIES, WET, FILLED WITH ACID, ELECTRIC STORAGE; hazard class 8; 1000 SLB released.
What failed: Body.
How failed: Crushed.
Reported failure causes: Inadequate Blocking and Bracing.
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=KlAiF6mCqUDi6sK5M6So0Q%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `325b96434def72238512f68bc25c069d9c3a9c109fa56f648b8df7fc5414ee03`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T14:37:49.919Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2017010231`

### Source metadata

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