# PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2015020127 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — MARTIN, SC

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2015020127  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2015-01-27  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2015-01-27 in MARTIN, SC.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2015020127.
Incident date: 2015-01-27.
Location: MARTIN, SC.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: CSX Transportation.
Shipper: Olin Corp. / OLIN CORPORATION.
Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 19249 LGA released | UN1824; SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 1 LGA released.
What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing / Tank Head; Tank Shell.
How failed: Punctured; Ripped or Torn / Vented.
Reported failure causes: Derailment / Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage; Over-pressurized.
Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, Environmental Damage.
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=aifzlKLH9Q7WPGKg3DrwYQ%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `7a75ad349f1aa5b97cc67dc0ed6d680ad09327bdb0919e9a6ed85b3ec1c84fdc`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T06:49:33.129Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-x-2015020127`

### Source metadata

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  "cities": [
    "MARTIN"
  ],
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  ],
  "originCities": [
    "Niagara Falls"
  ],
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  "materials": [
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      "commodityName": "HYDROCHLORIC ACID",
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      "quantityReleased": "19249",
      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
    },
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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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}
```