# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017080619 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — COTULLA, TX

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017080619
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017080619 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — COTULLA, TX
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2017-07-26
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2017-07-26 in COTULLA, TX.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2017080619.
Incident date: 2017-07-26.
Location: COTULLA, TX.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: Refinery Specialties, Inc..
Shipper: Reagent Chemical & Research.
Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 10000 LGA released.
What failed: Tank Head; Vent.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured; Failed to Operate.
Reported failure causes: Over-pressurized; Human Error.
Reported result: Spillage, Vapor(Gas) Dispersion.
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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