# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2004071284 — FLUOROSILICIC ACID — EAST SAINT LOUIS, IL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2004071284  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2004-07-07  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2004-07-07 in EAST SAINT LOUIS, IL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2004071284.
Incident date: 2004-07-07.
Location: EAST SAINT LOUIS, IL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: QUALITY CARRIERS INC.
Shipper: LCI CORP.
Materials: UN1778; FLUOROSILICIC ACID; hazard class 8; 1000 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.
Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device.
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=w3dRSFTTzOi6FwOIvbo5Yg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `af478d59d7e776451ef9d0a5befd5d050acc989218de9a6aa841a3ae508b1c63`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T12:48:33.568Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2004071284`

### Source metadata

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