# PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2021050421 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — ALBERT LEA, MN

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2021050421
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2021050421 — HYDROCHLORIC ACID — ALBERT LEA, MN
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
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- **effective on:** 2021-05-15
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2021-05-15 in ALBERT LEA, MN.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2021050421.
Incident date: 2021-05-15.
Location: ALBERT LEA, MN.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.
Shipper: ERCO Worldwide / ERCO WORLDWIDE (USA) INC..
Materials: UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 19760 LGA released | UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 9643 LGA released | UN1789; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; hazard class 8; 9745 LGA released.
What failed: Tank Shell.
How failed: Punctured.
Reported failure causes: Derailment.
Reported result: Spillage, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, Environmental Damage.
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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