# MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS CO (MICHCON) — Gas distribution — incident on 1994-01-23

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 19940032  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1994-01-23  
**Published:** 1994-02-22

Gas distribution incident in DETROIT, WAYNE County, MI. Reported cause: OTHER. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries, $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, serious incident.

## Document text

Gas distribution incident in DETROIT, WAYNE County, MI. Reported cause: OTHER. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 1 injuries, $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: 19940032.

Operator ID: 12408.

Reported incident date: 19940123.

Cause detail: EMPLOYEE, USING AIR HAMMER DUE TO FROST, HIT PUBLIC LIGHTING CABLE, WHICH WAS NOT STAKED PROPERLY, EVEN AFTER SECOND CALL WAS PLACED FOR STAKING. EMPLOYEE WAS FLASHED WHEN SPARK FROM CABLE IGNITED LEAKING GAS FROM MAIN.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident.

PHMSA standardized cause: ALL OTHER CAUSES — MISCELLANEOUS.

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: <https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/7ccf83c5-a778-4c51-ba2d-a9a84e221c7b?download=true&filename=Gas%20Distribution%20Incident%20Data%20-%20mid%201984%20to%20February%202004.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `96d9c4d1f36f314415d636f76d92c7100a8fc0633c1776315d32dd6718353b96`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T18:23:36.871Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-d9179517c1f157eb9f091f5b`

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