# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2004070480 — SULFUR, MOLTEN — TAMPA, FL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2004070480  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2004-04-03  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2004-04-03 in TAMPA, FL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2004070480.
Incident date: 2004-04-03.
Location: TAMPA, FL.
Mode: Water.
Carrier/reporter: GULF SULPHUR SERVICES.
Shipper: NOT REPORTED BY CARRIER.
Materials: NA2448; SULFUR, MOLTEN; hazard class 9; 29120000 SLB released.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer.
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=LBVxaL9JZDh%2F3wffCyP0lA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `21f591f6355a851c23e8ef1e2ef851e4406ef1d0869512bf500fface51f15da5`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T12:01:33.604Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2004070480`

### Source metadata

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```