# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000051390 — SULFURIC ACID — EAST CHICAGO, IN

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2000051390  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2000-01-31  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2000-01-31 in EAST CHICAGO, IN.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2000051390.
Incident date: 2000-01-31.
Location: EAST CHICAGO, IN.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: LASER MATERIALS SERVICES INC.
Shipper: NORANDA DUPONT LLC.
Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 325 LGA released.
Reported failure causes: Improper Preparation for Transportation.
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=LeaJ4pK7NjrlfMlzU3sNwg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `9e34396de800e83114bdf6a263effd755693e07c3cc7448fa0c5bc9a5340952f`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T15:04:23.091Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2000051390`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
  "carrierReporterNames": [
    "LASER MATERIALS SERVICES INC"
  ],
  "shipperNames": [
    "NORANDA DUPONT LLC"
  ],
  "routes": [
    "1401 W . 145TH ST"
  ],
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    "EAST CHICAGO"
  ],
  "states": [
    "IN"
  ],
  "originCities": [
    "TIMMINS,ON CANADA"
  ],
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  "caveat": "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.",
  "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.",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}
```