PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978110302 — FUEL OIL — WHITING, IN

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Incident I-1978110302PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978110302. Incident date: 1978-10-18. Location: WHITING, IN. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: ELGIN JOLIET & EASTERN RY CO. Shipper: AMERICAN OIL CO. Materials: NA1993; FUEL OIL; hazard class 2.0; 400 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device; Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. 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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