# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1987060621 — ALUMINUM SULFATE SOLUTION — LEWISTOWN, PA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1987060621  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1987-06-02  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1987-06-02 in LEWISTOWN, PA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1987060621.
Incident date: 1987-06-02.
Location: LEWISTOWN, PA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: TEXTILE CHEMICAL CO INC.
Shipper: TEXTILE CHEMICAL CO INC.
Materials: NA1760; ALUMINUM SULFATE SOLUTION; hazard class 9; 0 released | NA1760; COMPOUNDS, CLEANING LIQUID; hazard class 8; 0 released | NA1993; COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID, N.O.S.; hazard class 2.0; 0 released | NA9085; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; hazard class 9; 1400 SLB released | UN1198; FORMALDEHYDE SOLUTION (FLASH POINT NOT MORE THAN 141 DEG F.; IN CONTAINERS OF 110 GALLONS OR LESS); hazard class 9; 0 released | UN1255; NAPHTHA, PETROLEUM; hazard class 2.0; 9.38 LGA released | UN1442; AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 230 SLB released | UN1495; SODIUM CHLORATE; hazard class 5.1; 0 released | UN1500; SODIUM NITRITE; hazard class 5.1; 3400 SLB released | UN1593; DICHLOROMETHANE; hazard class 6.1; 0 released | UN1759; CORROSIVE SOLIDS, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 350 SLB released | UN1760; CORROSIVE LIQUIDS, N.O.S.; hazard class 8; 0 released | UN1791; HYPOCHLORITE SOLUTIONS WITH MORE THAN 5 PERCENT BUT LESS THAN 16 PERCENT AVAILABLE CHLORINE; hazard class 8; 0 released | UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 19.370001 LGA 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=uV8gC9eOGbd2dxUEQRoL9A%3D%3D>
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- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T10:09:46.693Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1987060621`

### Source metadata

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