PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2013120326 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — HESBERIA, CA

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Incident E-2013120326PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2013120326. Incident date: 2013-12-16. Location: HESBERIA, CA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Quality Carriers. Shipper: UNIVAR. Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 500 LGA released. What failed: Flange. How failed: Failed to Operate. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device. 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.#

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