# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998051376 — PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION — HOWE, IN

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998051376
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1998051376 — PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION — HOWE, IN
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 1998-05-12
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1998-05-12 in HOWE, IN.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1998051376.
Incident date: 1998-05-12.
Location: HOWE, IN.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: WASTE MANAGEMENT OF OHIO.
Shipper: ABLE ELECTRO POLISHING CO.
Materials: UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 500 LGA released.
Reported failure causes: Fire, Temperature, or Heat; Incompatible Product.
Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, Environmental Damage.
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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