# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018090135 — PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION — Waycross, GA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018090135  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2018-08-25  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2018-08-25 in Waycross, GA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2018090135.
Incident date: 2018-08-25.
Location: Waycross, GA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC..
Shipper: PCS Sales (USA) INC.
Materials: UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 4500 LGA released.
What failed: Liner; Weld or Seam.
How failed: Leaked; Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Corrosion - Interior; Corrosion - Interior.
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.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=o8udJALpSobOXHZOsb6ZMQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `93c8ce456087bc4090c8da8917070e55b2a5acbb90ef75a297a6fe114b0364de`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T16:27:02.939Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2018090135`

### Source metadata

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  "routes": [
    "1115 Glenmore Ave, Rice Yard"
  ],
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  "states": [
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  ],
  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
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    }
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      "outerFailedCount": "1",
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  "privacyCaveat": "The public CSV excludes preparer contact fields. Event Description is intentionally excluded from normalized records and search output to reduce incidental personal-information risk.",
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}
```