# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2013050427 — CHLORINE — BIRMINGHAM, AL

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2013050427  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2013-02-18  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2013-02-18 in BIRMINGHAM, AL.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2013050427.
Incident date: 2013-02-18.
Location: BIRMINGHAM, AL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: HARCROS CHEMICALS INC..
Shipper: HARCROS CHEMICALS INC..
Materials: UN1017; CHLORINE; hazard class 2.3; 0.5013 GCF released.
What failed: Weld or Seam.
How failed: Cracked.
Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device.
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.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=m0%2BDzBDFj9X4AUYFim2W8Q%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `81fe5d1bf991be96b5f0a5fb9a2af348aba298b11930e86ff79aeeeac16802d6`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T12:48:32.372Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2013050427`

### Source metadata

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    "HARCROS CHEMICALS INC."
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  "routes": [
    "616 33RD PLACE NORTH"
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}
```