# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2014020302 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — SMITHTON, PA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2014020302  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2013-07-21  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2013-07-21 in SMITHTON, PA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2014020302.
Incident date: 2013-07-21.
Location: SMITHTON, PA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Shipper: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 100 LGA released.
What failed: Bottom Outlet Valve.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device.
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=Zw485ZgoAuqCe0FgS%2FOVTg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `f1d4dca42481ba890b67d4c3ea2026ab446f9fe06f08f2642845caa2996f657d`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T16:11:35.566Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2014020302`

### Source metadata

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```