# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977111122 — FLUOROBORIC ACID — ST LOUIS, MO

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1977111122  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1977-11-07  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1977-11-07 in ST LOUIS, MO.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1977111122.
Incident date: 1977-11-07.
Location: ST LOUIS, MO.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: T I M E - DC INC.
Shipper: HARSTAN CHEMICAL.
Materials: UN1775; FLUOROBORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 1566 SLB released.
Reported failure causes: Inadequate Blocking and Bracing.
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=8VrPvntjSALQT3SimeKoXA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `0cd2f4fd8112d98e4043d88939ab53345b6cc495509c1e052bdd032359ea2a7f`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T19:29:57.718Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1977111122`

### Source metadata

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```