# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2012060436 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — ALSIP, IL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2012060436  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2012-03-20  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2012-03-20 in ALSIP, IL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2012060436.
Incident date: 2012-03-20.
Location: ALSIP, IL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: PFA SYSTEMS, INC..
Shipper: UNIVAR.
Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 10 LGA released.
What failed: Cylinder Sidewall - Other.
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=otBeXxasTVHKEu2asLrFZg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `65726692a53e09820cab1da4ca8e7beddcd11f75fdde327dc9863838cd8e4fe1`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T01:21:54.509Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2012060436`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
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    "PFA SYSTEMS, INC."
  ],
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    "IL STATE TOLL HWY MP 12.9SOUTH"
  ],
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    "IL"
  ],
  "originCities": [
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  ],
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  ],
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      "outerShipmentCount": "1",
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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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}
```