# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2008040479 — SULFURIC ACID — PHILADELPHIA, PA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2008040479  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2008-04-21  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2008-04-21 in PHILADELPHIA, PA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2008040479.
Incident date: 2008-04-21.
Location: PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: Savage Services Corporation.
Shipper: Marsulex, Inc..
Materials: UN1830; SULFURIC ACID; hazard class 8; 250 LGA released.
What failed: Liquid Valve.
How failed: Failed to Operate.
Reported failure causes: Human Error.
Reported result: Spillage, Environmental Damage.
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.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=lTqKXL2OFQN2I6Qs9DEDKA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `3587d7f439e0227a6f4649d8719d13c906a86430b1576b44531af27c1ab0b0fe`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T18:43:46.891Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2008040479`

### Source metadata

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