# PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2025020620 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — ELLENWOOD, GA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2025020620  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2025-01-29  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2025-01-29 in ELLENWOOD, GA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2025020620.
Incident date: 2025-01-29.
Location: ELLENWOOD, GA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION.
Shipper: EZ Pools LLC.
Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 3.602958 LGA released.
What failed: Body.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Human Error.
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=1faGe%2F%2FpJ6epMGsFs3ZVQg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `9aebd7c707e69703be7388a15632b884eeab4d381cf5d501848857dd0303a3da`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T22:14:59.747Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-x-2025020620`

### Source metadata

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  "rowCount": 1,
  "carrierReporterNames": [
    "FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION"
  ],
  "shipperNames": [
    "EZ Pools LLC"
  ],
  "routes": [
    "n/a"
  ],
  "cities": [
    "ELLENWOOD"
  ],
  "states": [
    "GA"
  ],
  "originCities": [],
  "modes": [
    "Highway"
  ],
  "materials": [
    {
      "identificationNumber": "UN1789",
      "commodityName": "HYDROCHLORIC ACID",
      "hazardousClass": "8",
      "quantityReleased": "3.602958",
      "unitOfMeasure": "LGA"
    }
  ],
  "packages": [
    {
      "identificationMarkings": "4G",
      "outerMaterial": "Fiberboard",
      "outerType": "Box",
      "outerCapacity": "4.803944",
      "outerCapacityUnit": "LGA",
      "outerShipmentCount": "1",
      "outerFailedCount": "1",
      "innerMaterial": "Plastic",
      "innerType": "Bottle",
      "innerCapacity": "4.54609",
      "innerCapacityUnit": "LLT",
      "innerShipmentCount": "4",
      "innerFailedCount": "3"
    }
  ],
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    "171.16"
  ],
  "caveat": "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.",
  "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.",
  "jurisdiction": "US"
}
```