# ALABAMA GAS CORP (EX. MARENGO CORP PROPERTY) — Gas distribution — incident on 2001-01-09

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20010035  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2001-01-09  
**Published:** 2001-02-02

Gas distribution incident in BIRMINGHAM, JEFFERSON County, AL. Reported cause: CONSTRUCTION/OPERATING ERROR. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $83,000 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, not serious.

## Document text

Gas distribution incident in BIRMINGHAM, JEFFERSON County, AL. Reported cause: CONSTRUCTION/OPERATING ERROR. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $83,000 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: 20010035.

Operator ID: 180.

Reported incident date: 20010109.

Location detail: NO DATA

Cause detail: WHILE INSTALLING A MAIN BY DIRECTIONALLY BORING, A CONTRACTOR DAMAGED TWO WATER LINES AND A LOW PRESSURE CAST IRON GAS MAIN. WATER FILLED PORTIONS OF THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THUS CAUSING THE LOSS OF SERVICE TO 209 HOUSES.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL/WELD/EQUIP FAILURE — UNSPECIFIED MATERIAL/WELD FAILURE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $83,000 reported total cost, $54,761.493 in 1984 dollars, $134,860.704 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: `c8360f4d6d0a88745f83a34a9d1db140362368c3104fd00478c7bf5d9eb4a6a4`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T01:52:09.784Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-e8a540624c7ab3b34f1785e4`

### Source metadata

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