# PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2020030667 — ARGON, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID) — SALAMANCA, NY

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- **citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2020030667
- **title:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident E-2020030667 — ARGON, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID) — SALAMANCA, NY
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
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- **effective on:** 2020-03-12
- **summary:** Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2020-03-12 in SALAMANCA, NY.
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PHMSA hazardous materials incident report E-2020030667.
Incident date: 2020-03-12.
Location: SALAMANCA, NY.
Mode: Rail.
Carrier/reporter: BUFFALO & PITTSBURGH RAILROAD, INC..
Shipper: PRAXAIR CANADA INC.
Materials: UN1951; ARGON, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID); hazard class 2.2; 0 released.
What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Reclosing.
How failed: Burst or Ruptured.
Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device.
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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