# ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2013-07-31 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20150252 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2013-07-31 **Published:** 2015-07-13 Hazardous liquid incident in BAYTOWN, HARRIS County, TX. Reported cause: INCORRECT OPERATION. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.1 REFINED AND/OR PETROLEUM PRODUCT (NON-HVL) WHICH IS A LIQUID AT AMBIENT CONDITIONS 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 BAYTOWN, HARRIS County, TX. Reported cause: INCORRECT OPERATION. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.1 REFINED AND/OR PETROLEUM PRODUCT (NON-HVL) WHICH IS A LIQUID AT AMBIENT CONDITIONS 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: 20150252. Operator ID: 31618. Reported incident date: 7/31/2013 14:00. Location detail: BAYTOWN TERM Cause detail: OTHER INCORRECT OPERATION Cause detail: IN REFERENCE TO PARTS A(6), F,AND I, THIS REPORT IS BEING MADE AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF PRIOR INCIDENTS OR NEAR MISSES INVOLVING FLASH FIRE OR IGNITION OF FLAMMABLE VAPORS, PURSUANT TO A COMPLIANCE ORDER ISSUED BY PHMSA (CPF NO. 4-2014-5017). A FLASH FIRE OCCURRED WHILE A CONTRACTOR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING AN INTERNAL FLOATING ROOF. SPECIFICALLY, THE CONTRACTOR WAS CUTTING OFF AN INTERNAL FLOATING ROOF LEG FROM THE ROOF SHEET METAL PLATE WITH A CUTTING TORCH WHEN EITHER SLAG OR SPARKS HIT THE BOTTOM OF THE LEG AND IGNITED PRODUCT THAT WAS TRAPPED IN THE LEG. THE TANK HAD BEEN EMPTIED, PURGED AND TESTED NEGATIVE FOR HYDROCARBONS BEFORE WORK BEGAN. 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: - Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents` - SHA-256: `12becc5d8864ba1cbc9656c1498e481376656221605853d8c01dd345e1441c5d` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-24T13:16:33.025Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-8d457d5073a9bdb5b2c7e366` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "hazardous_liquid", "datasetLabel": "Hazardous liquid", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20150252", "supplementalNumber": "21039", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2015-07-13", "receivedDateRaw": "7/13/2015" }, "operator": { "id": "31618", "name": "ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC" }, "incident": { "date": "2013-07-31", "dateRaw": "7/31/2013 14:00" }, "location": { "city": "BAYTOWN", "county": "HARRIS", "state": "TX", "postalCode": "77520", "latitude": 29.765054, "longitude": -95.0124, "type": "TOTALLY CONTAINED ON OPERATOR-CONTROLLED PROPERTY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "BAYTOWN TERM" }, "facilityName": "BAYTOWN TERMINAL" }, "cause": { "category": "INCORRECT OPERATION", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "OTHER INCORRECT OPERATION", "NARRATIVE": "IN REFERENCE TO PARTS A(6), F,AND I, THIS REPORT IS BEING MADE AS PART OF A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF PRIOR INCIDENTS OR NEAR MISSES INVOLVING FLASH FIRE OR IGNITION OF FLAMMABLE VAPORS, PURSUANT TO A COMPLIANCE ORDER ISSUED BY PHMSA (CPF NO. 4-2014-5017). 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