# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017125069 — CARBON DIOXIDE, REFRIGERATED LIQUID — BENICIA, CA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2017125069  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2017-11-27  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2017-11-27 in BENICIA, CA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2017125069.
Incident date: 2017-11-27.
Location: BENICIA, CA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY INC.
Shipper: Praxair.
Materials: UN2187; CARBON DIOXIDE, REFRIGERATED LIQUID; hazard class 2.2; 10875 LGA released.
What failed: Frangible Disc.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
Reported failure causes: Overfilled.
Reported result: 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.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=DgRD2ARowBGyoSi5ySyLqg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `14ed00b42c3fc09afbda7c4eccf66e07be7875e4f33c3e5998dc013d82c20712`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T00:18:09.490Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-e-2017125069`

### Source metadata

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