# GLASS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2016-01-28

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20160038  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2016-01-28  
**Published:** 2016-02-12

Hazardous liquid incident in MUTUAL, WOODWARD County, OK. Reported cause: OTHER ACCIDENT CAUSE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 20 CRUDE OIL 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: not significant, not serious.

## Document text

Hazardous liquid incident in MUTUAL, WOODWARD County, OK. Reported cause: OTHER ACCIDENT CAUSE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 20 CRUDE OIL 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: 20160038.

Operator ID: 39080.

Reported incident date: 1/28/2016 21:00.

Location detail: 1

Cause detail: MISCELLANEOUS

Cause detail: THE MAINLINE PUMP UNIT WAS INSTALLED ON 1/26/16. THIS PUMP WAS RECEIVED WITH A MISSING 3/8" PIPE PLUG. THE MISSING PLUG WAS NOT IDENTIFIED DURING THE INSTALLATION. AS A RESULT, THE 20 BBL SPILL OCCURRED CAUSING SOIL CONTAMINATION AT THE STATION SITE AND ADJACENT PROPERTY ACTION: DEVELOP A START-UP CHECKLIST FOR PUMPS TO BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE ROSE ROCK, WHITE CLIFFS AND GLASS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE OPERATIONS. SUBMITTED CORRECTED SUPPLEMENTAL TO ACCURATELY REFLECT LOCATION OF THE ACCIDENT. GPS WAS UPDATED ON 02/01/2017

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: ALL OTHER CAUSES — MISCELLANEOUS.

PHMSA indexed costs: $30,600 reported total cost, $15,224.844 in 1984 dollars, $37,494.105 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/1d547e17-2be1-4a32-9958-a1d5a946ade9?download=true&filename=Hazardous%20Liquid%20Accident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `8bf1228a7e9bbbc91db54f62d06fba24b4f726d070b8b5fd4da0968462419ee3`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T08:06:16.303Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-0dcab393b85460cd377b3497`

### Source metadata

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