PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1990120677 — OXYGEN, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID) — READING, PA

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Incident I-1990120677PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1990120677. Incident date: 1990-11-20. Location: READING, PA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: AIRCO INDUSTRIAL GASES. Shipper: AIRCO INDUSTRIAL GASES. Materials: UN1073; OXYGEN, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID); hazard class 2.2; 400 LGA released. What failed: Chime. How failed: Burst or Ruptured. 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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