# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2018060210 — ACETYLENE, DISSOLVED — SCOTT, LA

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2018060210  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2018-05-31  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2018-05-31 in SCOTT, LA.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2018060210.
Incident date: 2018-05-31.
Location: SCOTT, LA.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: WESTERN INTERNATIONAL GAS & CYLINDERS, INC..
Shipper: WESTERN INTERNATIONAL GAS + CYLINDERS, INC.
Materials: UN1001; ACETYLENE, DISSOLVED; hazard class 2.1; 0.000134 GCF released | UN1066; NITROGEN, COMPRESSED; hazard class 2.2; 0.000134 GCF released | UN1072; OXYGEN, COMPRESSED; hazard class 2.2; 0.000134 GCF released.
Reported result: Spillage.
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=2jaTFIxItfrOoVRnFsyjSg%3D%3D>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `d83c7465a191db93142bdc36fc15b3f42255d4bbc30be8888749463e7cebe783`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T18:31:44.545Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2018060210`

### Source metadata

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