# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1995090961 — PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION — KERSEY, CO

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1995090961  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1995-08-15  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1995-08-15 in KERSEY, CO.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1995090961.
Incident date: 1995-08-15.
Location: KERSEY, CO.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
Shipper: FMC CORP.
Materials: UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 510 LGA released.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
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://portalpublic.phmsa.dot.gov/analytics/saw.dll?Portal?PortalPath=/shared/Public%20Website%20Pages/_portal/Hazmat%20Incident%20Report%20Search>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `67526f15322d576940df3040e1b32c99785762f6c44491fb04202704219fd937`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T12:48:35.163Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1995090961`

### Source metadata

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