PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2012010032 — DIESEL FUEL — HAMMOND, IN

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Incident I-2012010032PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2012010032. Incident date: 2011-12-20. Location: HAMMOND, IN. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: INDIANA HARBOR BELT RAILROAD CO. Shipper: INDIANA HARBOR BELT RAILROAD CO. Materials: NA1993; DIESEL FUEL; hazard class 3; 150 LGA released. What failed: Tank Shell. How failed: Punctured. 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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