{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978110302","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978110302 — FUEL OIL — WHITING, IN","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"1978-10-18","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1978-10-18 in WHITING, IN.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1978110302.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1978110302.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1978110302","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=5QQTKVF7cm4qUkK2dLV%2BZA%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978110302.\nIncident date: 1978-10-18.\nLocation: WHITING, IN.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: ELGIN JOLIET & EASTERN RY CO.\nShipper: AMERICAN OIL CO.\nMaterials: NA1993; FUEL OIL; hazard class 2.0; 400 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.\nReported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device; Derailment; Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.\nReported result: Spillage.\nReporter-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.","truncated":false,"body_characters":727}