# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978080706 — BATTERY FLUID, ACID — BRIDGEPORT, OH

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1978080706  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1978-07-27  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1978-07-27 in BRIDGEPORT, OH.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1978080706.
Incident date: 1978-07-27.
Location: BRIDGEPORT, OH.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: AMERICAN TRANS FREIGHT INC.
Shipper: SCHOLLE CORP.
Materials: UN2796; BATTERY FLUID, ACID; hazard class 8; 20000 SLB released.
Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
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=VrYmPrdtp%2FC8o3mmspNdlQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `520e8335b57eb8a336f70827288f901b2fb97531ef8720863e0aee919c6d637e`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T15:31:01.290Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1978080706`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
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    "AMERICAN TRANS FREIGHT INC"
  ],
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  ],
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  ],
  "states": [
    "OH"
  ],
  "originCities": [
    "NORTHLAKE"
  ],
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  ],
  "materials": [
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      "identificationNumber": "UN2796",
      "commodityName": "BATTERY FLUID, ACID",
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      "quantityReleased": "20000",
      "unitOfMeasure": "SLB"
    }
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      "outerCapacityUnit": "LGA",
      "outerShipmentCount": "1520",
      "outerFailedCount": "100",
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  "caveat": "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.",
  "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.",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}
```