# PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2023030241 — PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION — KOLN

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2023030241  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2023-03-02  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2023-03-02 in KOLN.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2023030241.
Incident date: 2023-03-02.
Location: KOLN.
Mode: Air.
Carrier/reporter: spilldevgrp@fedex.com.
Shipper: HACH COMPANY.
Materials: UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 0.26418 LGA released.
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=9Nq5TLdUAQZlG2Tnhr5E8A%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `f13588cea6ee13191bf7ffbdceaf058fcd92a39f311f9dd4100cb99217c46aad`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T08:42:34.826Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-x-2023030241`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
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  ],
  "shipperNames": [
    "HACH COMPANY"
  ],
  "routes": [
    "Heinrich Steinmann Strasse 9"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "KOLN"
  ],
  "states": [],
  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
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  "materials": [
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      "identificationNumber": "UN1805",
      "commodityName": "PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION",
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      "quantityReleased": "0.26418",
      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
    }
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      "outerMaterial": "Fiberboard",
      "outerType": "Box",
      "outerCapacity": "2.6418",
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      "outerShipmentCount": "1",
      "outerFailedCount": "1",
      "innerMaterial": "Glass, procelain, or stoneware",
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    }
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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.",
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}
```