# SUN PIPELINE CO — Hazardous liquid — incident on 1988-02-17

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 19880082  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1988-02-17  
**Published:** 1988-02-17

Hazardous liquid incident in ADAMS TOWNSHIP, SENECA County, OH. Reported cause: OTHER. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 2 injuries, 1 TOLUENE released, $5 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

Hazardous liquid incident in ADAMS TOWNSHIP, SENECA County, OH. Reported cause: OTHER. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 2 injuries, 1 TOLUENE released, $5 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: 19880082.

Operator ID: 18718.

Reported incident date: 19880217.

Location detail: STATE ROUTE 19, REPUBLIC, OHIO, S.W. 1/4 SECTION 28, ADAMS TOWNSHIP, SENECA COUNTY, OHIO.

Cause detail: STRAINER NIPPLE FAILED

Cause detail: THIS INCIDENT IS NOT A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT UNDER DOT PART 195 REGULATIONS, HOWEVER, SUN PIPE LINE COMPANY WISHES T ADVISE YOU OF THIS RELEASE BECAUSE OF OUR NOTIFICATION TO THE NRC.AT APPROXIMATELY 1307 HRS., FEBRUARY 17, 1988, WHILE PERFORMING PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ON A STRAINER DRAIN AT LOWELL PUMP STATION A NIPPLE BROKE OFF AN RELEASED APPROXIMATELY 20 GALLONS OF TOLUENE OF WHICH APPROXIMATELY 10 GALLONS WERE RECOVERED. A NEW NIPPLE AND VALVE HAS BEEN INSTALLED.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident.

PHMSA standardized cause: ALL OTHER CAUSES — MISCELLANEOUS.

PHMSA indexed costs: $5 reported total cost, $4.483 in 1984 dollars, $11.041 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/2cb38c7d-9a3e-4074-b175-05a5cd0c44a6?download=true&filename=Hazardous%20Liquid%20Accident%20Data%201986%20to%20January%202002.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `4e99162b38e6c7492fac25494a91d8775018a2e1e84e17930a51cd639be2cd8d`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T17:01:55.166Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-755569e42e5113af3aa8678d`

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