# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1999080326 — ARGON, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID) — WESTWOOD, CA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1999080326  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1999-07-13  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 1999-07-13 in WESTWOOD, CA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1999080326.
Incident date: 1999-07-13.
Location: WESTWOOD, CA.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE.
Shipper: AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC.
Materials: UN1951; ARGON, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID); hazard class 2.2; 1025 LGA released.
What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings.
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.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=HqILExjWCCNRQ8lACQh9MA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `371258c05c080bb11588951521e9584f610b6a4d0b094b1a028e5c93e6f0a00d`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T09:49:00.393Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-1999080326`

### Source metadata

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  ],
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  "states": [
    "CA"
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  "privacyCaveat": "The public CSV excludes preparer contact fields. Event Description is intentionally excluded from normalized records and search output to reduce incidental personal-information risk.",
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}
```