# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1990010629 — POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE — MICHIGAN CITY, IN

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1990010629
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1990010629 — POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE — MICHIGAN CITY, IN
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
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- **effective on:** 1990-01-15
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1990-01-15 in MICHIGAN CITY, IN.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1990010629.
Incident date: 1990-01-15.
Location: MICHIGAN CITY, IN.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: SOO LINE RAILROAD CO.
Shipper: CAST NORTH AMERICA LTD.
Materials: UN1490; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; hazard class 5.1; 16000 SLB released.
Reported failure causes: Improper Preparation for Transportation; Inadequate Blocking and Bracing.
Reported result: Spillage, Fire, Explosion, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion, Environmental Damage, No Release.
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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