PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1981110644 — NITROGEN, COMPRESSED — DENVER, CO

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Incident I-1981110644PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1981110644. Incident date: 1981-11-15. Location: DENVER, CO. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RR CO. Shipper: BIG THREE INDUSRIES. Materials: UN1066; NITROGEN, COMPRESSED; hazard class 2.2; 4000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device. 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.#

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