Incident E-2018080791PHMSA 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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