# MARATHON PIPE LINE LLC — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2006-01-08

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20090384  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2006-01-08  
**Published:** 2006-01-08

Hazardous liquid incident in ST JAMES, ST. JAMES County, LA. Reported cause: 23. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, NO released, $0 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

## Document text

Hazardous liquid incident in ST JAMES, ST. JAMES County, LA. Reported cause: 23. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, NO released, $0 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings.

Report number: 20090384.

Operator ID: 32147.

Reported incident date: 1/8/2006.

Cause detail: INCORRECT OPERATION

Cause detail: WHILE PREPARING TO INSTALL A NEW FABRICATION, VAPORS ESCAPED AROUND AN INFLATABLE BLADDER TYPE PLUMBER�S PLUG. GRINDING ACTIVITIES IGNITED THE VAPOR CREATING A FLASH. **SUBMITTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH CPF NO. 4-2010-5013 CONSENT AGREEMENT AND ORDER.** UPDATED BY PHMSA ON 11/24/2015 (COMMODITY CLASSIFICATION).

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: INCORRECT OPERATION — OTHER INCORRECT OPERATION.

PHMSA indexed costs: $0 reported total cost, $0 in 1984 dollars, $0 in current-year dollars.

PHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/928038f8-523b-4003-aeff-79675b193086?download=true&filename=Hazardous%20Liquid%20Accident%20Data%20-%20January%202002%20to%20December%202009.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `8e50dad0a9d0c8f1fde96892a2026a274219280e29f8401ffd1f69df544769be`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T12:09:20.515Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-0838a4b49e39c2b2048e4f6f`

### Source metadata

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