PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2005060281 — HYDROGEN, COMPRESSED — WESTLAKE, LA

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Incident I-2005060281PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2005060281. Incident date: 2005-04-21. Location: WESTLAKE, LA. Mode: Highway. Carrier/reporter: QUALITY CARRIERS. Shipper: BOC. Materials: UN1049; HYDROGEN, COMPRESSED; hazard class 2.1; 0.13368 GCF released. What failed: Pressure Relief Valve or Device - Non-Reclosing. How failed: Vented. Reported failure causes: Defective Component or Device. Reported result: Fire, 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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