{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2008100389","title":"PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2008100389 — ARGON, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID) — ALPINE, TX","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":"2008-08-30","summary":"Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2008-08-30 in ALPINE, TX.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2008100389.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2008100389.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2008100389","source_url":"https://portal.phmsa.dot.gov/PDFGenerator/getPublicReport/OHMIR_5800-1-PUBLIC?INCIDENTID=%2BOIb%2BpGGmhz6d%2BanW3PiMA%3D%3D","body":"PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2008100389.\nIncident date: 2008-08-30.\nLocation: ALPINE, TX.\nMode: Rail.\nCarrier/reporter: UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.\nShipper: AIR LIQUIDE / AIR LIQUIDE AMERICA CORP..\nMaterials: UN1951; ARGON, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID); hazard class 2.2; 2 LGA released | UN1951; ARGON, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID); hazard class 2.2; 5 LGA released | UN1951; ARGON, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID); hazard class 2.2; 600 LGA released.\nWhat failed: Liquid Valve / Piping or Fittings.\nHow failed: Leaked.\nReported failure causes: Loose Closure, Component, or Device.\nReported result: Vapor(Gas) Dispersion.\nReporter-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.","truncated":false,"body_characters":944}