# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017090116 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — REFUGIO, TX

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- **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
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- **effective on:** 2017-08-18
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2017-08-18 in REFUGIO, TX.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2017090116.
Incident date: 2017-08-18.
Location: REFUGIO, TX.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: RJ's Transportation, LLC.
Shipper: Altivia Specialty Chemicals, LLC.
Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 2500 LGA released.
What failed: Tank Shell; Vent.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured; Failed to Operate.
Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device; Inadequate Maintenance.
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.
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