{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017090116","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017090116 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — REFUGIO, TX","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2017-08-18","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2017-08-18 in REFUGIO, TX.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2017090116.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2017090116.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2017090116","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=3ghJnsU76%2F3hgvlC3DGiLw%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2017090116.\nIncident date: 2017-08-18.\nLocation: REFUGIO, TX.\nMode: Highway.\nCarrier/reporter: RJ's Transportation, LLC.\nShipper: Altivia Specialty Chemicals, LLC.\nMaterials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 2500 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Tank Shell; Vent.\nHow failed: Burst or Ruptured; Failed to Operate.\nReported failure causes: Defective Component or Device; Inadequate Maintenance.\nReported result: Spillage.\nReporter-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.","truncated":false,"body_characters":752}