# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018080791 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — Decatur, AL

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018080791
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018080791 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — Decatur, AL
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
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- **effective on:** 2018-07-31
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2018-07-31 in Decatur, AL.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2018080791.
Incident date: 2018-07-31.
Location: Decatur, AL.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: ACTION RESOURCES, INC..
Shipper: Veolia Water North America.
Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 2500 LGA released.
What failed: Vacuum Relief Valve; Vent.
How failed: Failed to Operate; Burst or Ruptured.
Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device; 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.
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