# LACLEDE GAS CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2012-01-05

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20120013  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2012-01-05  
**Published:** 2012-02-03

Gas transmission and gathering incident in WILDWOOD, ST. LOUIS County, MO. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 16 NATURAL GAS released, $235,530 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

Gas transmission and gathering incident in WILDWOOD, ST. LOUIS County, MO. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 16 NATURAL GAS released, $235,530 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: 20120013.

Operator ID: 11032.

Reported incident date: 1/5/2012 14:10.

Location detail: MARKER POSTS

Cause detail: EXTERNAL CORROSION

Cause detail: FIELD INSTALLED SHRINK SLEEVE WAS DAMAGED AND DISBONDED DURING INSTALLATION WHEN THE PIPE WAS PULLED THROUGH THE BORE HOLE EXPOSING THE EXTERIOR OF THE STEEL PIPE TO THE EFFECTS OF "TENTING" AND ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — EXTERNAL.

PHMSA indexed costs: $236,723 reported total cost, $125,049.919 in 1984 dollars, $306,729.229 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/2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `5da8fde5be8b6c37f6c02c2068985c3c00804df8ada2f49f42719410e79b6f3c`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T14:50:22.230Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-2cc6326ba2656f9e3dfc0484`

### Source metadata

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    "receivedDateRaw": "2/3/2012"
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