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

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017010231
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017010231 — BATTERIES, WET, FILLED WITH ACID, ELECTRIC STORAGE — INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2016-11-08
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2016-11-08 in INDIANAPOLIS, IN.
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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.
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