# PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2011120165 — POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE — Indianapolis, IN

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2011120165  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2011-11-22  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2011-11-22 in Indianapolis, IN.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2011120165.
Incident date: 2011-11-22.
Location: Indianapolis, IN.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: ABF Freight System Inc..
Shipper: EQ-The enviromental quality company.
Materials: UN1490; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; hazard class 5.1; 5985 SLB released.
What failed: Cover.
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=Y8yV%2FGR5Fe1VThCHvlTUpg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `3495cd27ffc582fd6353ea6fad9800bc6530ae6b725d839ab2f7f21a45ebaa0f`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T18:23:32.805Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-x-2011120165`

### Source metadata

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