PHMSA Hazmat Incident X-2010010046 — ARGON, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID) — BELEN, NM

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Incident X-2010010046PHMSA hazardous materials incident report X-2010010046. Incident date: 2009-11-27. Location: BELEN, NM. Mode: Rail. Carrier/reporter: BNSF Railway Company. Shipper: Praxair, Inc.. Materials: UN1951; ARGON, REFRIGERATED LIQUID (CRYOGENIC LIQUID); hazard class 2.2; 125 LGA released. What failed: Piping or Fittings. How failed: Cracked. Reported failure causes: Broken 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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