PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1976080121 — PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION — YORK, PA

Current as of 1973-10-15 Government source

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Incident I-1976080121PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1976080121. Incident date: 1973-10-15. Location: YORK, PA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: SIMON WRECKING CO INC. Shipper: GTE SYLVANIA INC. Materials: UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 500 LGA released | UN2031; NITRIC ACID OTHER THAN RED FUMING, WITH AT LEAST 65 PERCENT, BUT NOT MORE THAN 70 PERCENT NITRIC ACID; hazard class 8; 500 LGA released. Reported failure causes: Corrosion - Exterior. 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.#

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