PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1990030042 — OXYGEN, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID) — LA PLACE, LA

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Incident I-1990030042PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1990030042. Incident date: 1990-02-13. Location: LA PLACE, LA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: UNION CARBIDE CORP. Shipper: UNION CARBIDE CORP. Materials: UN1073; OXYGEN, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID); hazard class 2.2; 390 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Cracked. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. Reported result: Spillage, 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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