# LOUISVILLE GAS & ELECTRIC CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2014-09-17

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20140107  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2014-09-17  
**Published:** 2014-10-17

Gas transmission and gathering incident in PROSPECT, OLDHAM COUNTY County, KY. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries, 7000 NATURAL GAS released, $262,000 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, serious incident.

## Document text

Gas transmission and gathering incident in PROSPECT, OLDHAM COUNTY County, KY. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries, 7000 NATURAL GAS released, $262,000 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: 20140107.

Operator ID: 11824.

Reported incident date: 9/17/2014 16:51.

Location detail: 69,872

Cause detail: NON-THREADED CONNECTION FAILURE

Cause detail: THE PIPELINE WAS EXCAVATED SO MODIFICATIONS COULD BE MADE TO ALLOW PASSAGE OF IN LINE INSPECTION TOOLS. WITHIN THE EXCAVATION, A MECHANICAL COUPLING WAS EXPOSED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE PIPELINE SEPARATED FROM THE MECHANICAL COUPLING, WHICH RESULTED IN A RELEASE OF GAS. NO IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OCCURRED. REPAIRS WERE MADE PROMPTLY AND THE PIPELINE WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2014.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident.

PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — NON-THREADED CONNECTION FAILURE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $1,354,709 reported total cost, $693,065.109 in 1984 dollars, $1,680,573.615 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: `193f676194cadc852ed4ee9ad4d5189f8bb37703d850241c1e12a8ef0d6a3ade`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T03:20:57.888Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-588ee30dd251612904cc477c`

### Source metadata

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