# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017030363 — FERRIC CHLORIDE, SOLUTION — EAST CHICAGO, IN

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017030363  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2017-03-14  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2017-03-14 in EAST CHICAGO, IN.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2017030363.
Incident date: 2017-03-14.
Location: EAST CHICAGO, IN.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: MC TANK LINES.
Shipper: Kemira Water Resources.
Materials: UN2582; FERRIC CHLORIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 500 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve.
How failed: Failed to Operate.
Reported failure causes: Human Error.
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=I5ngyitBSFg0LwVVr3QDBg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `742b2192db811115c34bd4e4f24d667685cc96b752303e48d17949f9a782d9e1`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T10:34:09.902Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2017030363`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
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  ],
  "shipperNames": [
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  "routes": [
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  ],
  "cities": [
    "EAST CHICAGO"
  ],
  "states": [
    "IN"
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  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
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      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
    }
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  "privacyCaveat": "The public CSV excludes preparer contact fields. Event Description is intentionally excluded from normalized records and search output to reduce incidental personal-information risk.",
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}
```