PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-1991100408 — ARGON, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID) — BOISE, ID

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Incident I-1991100408PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-1991100408. Incident date: 1991-09-22. Location: BOISE, ID. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. Shipper: UNION CARBIDE CORP. Materials: UN1951; ARGON, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID); hazard class 2.2; 17000 LGA released. What failed: Auxiliary Valve; Bottom Outlet Valve; Piping or Fittings. How failed: Cracked. Reported failure causes: Derailment; Rollover Accident. 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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