# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2022060072 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — Fairfield, OH

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2022060072  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2022-05-06  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2022-05-06 in Fairfield, OH.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2022060072.
Incident date: 2022-05-06.
Location: Fairfield, OH.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: USALCO GAHANNA PLANT LLC.
Shipper: UNIVAR INC. / UNIVAR Solutions USA Inc.
Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 1111 LGA released.
What failed: Liner.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Corrosion - Interior.
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=UTKwNoFkcrKO24MWpaUKmw%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `5f383aa13351b70eef0b5bac30ed65bbad2a5a4587d4b68707f6546933f90e8a`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-22T19:30:58.984Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2022060072`

### Source metadata

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```