# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2015030085 — ISOBUTYL ACETATE — WEST COLUMBIA, SC

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2015030085  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2015-02-24  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2015-02-24 in WEST COLUMBIA, SC.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2015030085.
Incident date: 2015-02-24.
Location: WEST COLUMBIA, SC.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: Boasso America.
Shipper: Eastman Chemical Company.
Materials: UN1213; ISOBUTYL ACETATE; hazard class 3; 1 LGA released.
What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage.
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=hIFoGPtbO2s%2FUETi5Kl6OA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `f45ad534f34f46b1f839c9d8441b16426b795fb23f30b681ddd61ea1fd4c0c1f`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T08:02:17.416Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2015030085`

### Source metadata

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```