# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2010010455 — PROPANE — PISCATAWAY, NJ

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2010010455  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2009-10-19  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2009-10-19 in PISCATAWAY, NJ.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2010010455.
Incident date: 2009-10-19.
Location: PISCATAWAY, NJ.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: TITAN PROPANE.DBA SYNERGY GAS.
Shipper: TITAN PROPANE.DBA SYNERGY GAS.
Materials: UN1978; PROPANE; hazard class 2.1; 0.25 LGA released.
What failed: Weld or Seam.
How failed: Abraded.
Reported failure causes: Abrasion.
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=ZGdy0VyZE2sphz2SzZRjGA%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `7461af3b07e48edad8a562bfc748c33af0874b8600ec7a9ae002f4e71e499818`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T04:45:23.845Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2010010455`

### Source metadata

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  "routes": [
    "CORNER OF PROSPECT & GROVE ST."
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  "originCities": [
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