PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2018050319 — LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS — BEAUMONT, TX

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Incident E-2018050319PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2018050319. Incident date: 2018-05-12. Location: BEAUMONT, TX. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY INC. Shipper: BLUE RACER NATRIUM, LLC. Materials: UN1075; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; hazard class 2.1; 0.375 LGA released. What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing. How failed: Leaked. Reported failure causes: Overfilled. 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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