PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2012020294 — CARBON DIOXIDE — MILWAUKEE, WI

Current as of 2012-01-30 Government source

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Incident E-2012020294PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2012020294. Incident date: 2012-01-30. Location: MILWAUKEE, WI. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: Welders Supply Company. Shipper: Welders Supply Company. Materials: UN1013; CARBON DIOXIDE; hazard class 2.2; 0.91905 GCF released | UN1073; OXYGEN, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID); hazard class 2.2; 45 LGA released. What failed: Cylinder Valve / Gauging Device. How failed: Cracked. Reported failure causes: Too Much Weight on Package / Vehicular Crash or Accident Damage. 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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