# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018080791 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — Decatur, AL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018080791  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2018-07-31  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2018-07-31 in Decatur, AL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2018080791.
Incident date: 2018-07-31.
Location: Decatur, AL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: ACTION RESOURCES, INC..
Shipper: Veolia Water North America.
Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 2500 LGA released.
What failed: Vacuum Relief Valve; Vent.
How failed: Failed to Operate; Burst or Ruptured.
Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device; Human Error.
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=phYFl%2B9ZlbE6TpK8n73HDQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `35fcee59670f80fd05dfb205c2eb288cc054c9dafcfce2599c154a9dfb8228fc`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T19:07:25.506Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2018080791`

### Source metadata

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      "outerShipmentCount": "0",
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  "privacyCaveat": "The public CSV excludes preparer contact fields. Event Description is intentionally excluded from normalized records and search output to reduce incidental personal-information risk.",
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}
```