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

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Incident E-2017030363PHMSA 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.#

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