# K N INTERSTATE GAS TRANSMISSION CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2004-05-28

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20040050  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2004-05-28  
**Published:** 2004-06-09

Gas transmission and gathering incident in OBERLIN, DECATUR County, KS. Reported cause: 19. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $52,000 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: not significant, not serious.

## Document text

Gas transmission and gathering incident in OBERLIN, DECATUR County, KS. Reported cause: 19. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $52,000 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: 20040050.

Operator ID: 1007.

Reported incident date: 5/28/2004.

Cause detail: PIPE SEAM WELD

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — PIPE SEAM.

PHMSA indexed costs: $52,000 reported total cost, $31,084.273 in 1984 dollars, $43,544.448 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/3f48859a-5658-4f64-acf0-e33e632af625?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%202002%20to%20December%202009.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `80dfe81509597f3f38aace5746d62513f602e75677891f5c3ff7a43346f7c08b`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-23T12:59:16.880Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-c3fea93c982b29e1e183efbd`

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