# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2015070050 — DIESEL FUEL — CHARLESTON, SC

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2015070050  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2015-05-26  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2015-05-26 in CHARLESTON, SC.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2015070050.
Incident date: 2015-05-26.
Location: CHARLESTON, SC.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: HILCO TRANSPORT, INC..
Shipper: COLONIAL OIL INDUSTRIES, INC..
Materials: NA1993; DIESEL FUEL; hazard class 3; 45 LGA released.
What failed: Check Valve; Cover.
How failed: Leaked; Torn Off or Damaged.
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://portalpublic.phmsa.dot.gov/analytics/saw.dll?Portal?PortalPath=/shared/Public%20Website%20Pages/_portal/Hazmat%20Incident%20Report%20Search>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `3ae781e796d302ea6b21f1a3996af2249a4ed8f38f4b27fdad8835df363fdaf9`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T16:57:52.865Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2015070050`

### Source metadata

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