PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2010080547 — CHLORINE — BRIGHTON, MA

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Incident E-2010080547PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2010080547. Incident date: 2010-05-18. Location: BRIGHTON, MA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Airgas East, Inc. Shipper: Airgas East, Inc. Materials: UN1017; CHLORINE; hazard class 2.3; 0.03342 GCF released. What failed: Cylinder Valve. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Human Error. 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.#

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