# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2008080016 — FLUOROSILICIC ACID — EL PASO, TX

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2008080016
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2008080016 — FLUOROSILICIC ACID — EL PASO, TX
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
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- **effective on:** 2008-05-30
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2008-05-30 in EL PASO, TX.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2008080016.
Incident date: 2008-05-30.
Location: EL PASO, TX.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Shipper: SOLVAY CHEMICALS.
Materials: UN1778; FLUOROSILICIC ACID; hazard class 8; 0.046875 LGA released.
What failed: Frangible Disc; Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Non-Reclosing.
How failed: Leaked; Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Corrosion - Exterior; Over-pressurized.
Reported result: Vapor(Gas) Dispersion.
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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