# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002080340 — ACETONE — SOUTH BEND, IN

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2002080340  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2002-07-10  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2002-07-10 in SOUTH BEND, IN.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2002080340.
Incident date: 2002-07-10.
Location: SOUTH BEND, IN.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: CONTRACT TRANS SYSTEMS CO.
Shipper: SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO.
Materials: UN1090; ACETONE; hazard class 3; 274 LGA released | UN1263; PAINT INCLUDING PAINT, LACQUER, ENAMEL, STAIN, SHELLAC SOLUTIONS, VARNISH, POLISH, LIQUID FILLER AND LIQUID LACQUER BASE; hazard class 3; 300 LGA released | UN1263; PAINT INCLUDING PAINT, LACQUER, ENAMEL, STAIN, SHELLAC SOLUTIONS, VARNISH, POLISH, LIQUID FILLER AND LIQUID LACQUER BASE; hazard class 3; 390 LGA released.
What failed: Closure (e.g., Cap, Top, or Plug).
How failed: Crushed.
Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
Reported result: Spillage, Environmental Damage.
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=0bxXhrQ0SSNDDYsOzZw5nw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
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- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T17:29:44.856Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2002080340`

### Source metadata

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  "routes": [
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  ],
  "cities": [
    "SOUTH BEND"
  ],
  "states": [
    "IN"
  ],
  "originCities": [
    "EFFINGHAM"
  ],
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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"
}
```