# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2008050632 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SOLUTION — MECCA, CA

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2008050632
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2008050632 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SOLUTION — MECCA, CA
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** 2008-03-03
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2008-03-03 in MECCA, CA.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2008050632.
Incident date: 2008-03-03.
Location: MECCA, CA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Shipper: JR SIMPLOT / OLIN.
Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 15200 LGA released | UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 20000 LGA released | UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 20 LGA released | UN1805; PHOSPHORIC ACID SOLUTION; hazard class 8; 8000 LGA released.
What failed: Bottom Outlet Valve; Valve Body / Tank Shell.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device.
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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