PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1988120002 — NITROGEN, COMPRESSED — CLIFTON, NJ

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Incident I-1988120002PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1988120002. Incident date: 1988-11-23. Location: CLIFTON, NJ. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: AIRCO INDUSTRIAL GASES. Shipper: AIRCO INDUSTRIAL GASES. Materials: UN1066; NITROGEN, COMPRESSED; hazard class 2.2; 400 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. Reported failure causes: Defective 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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