# HARBOR PIPELINE CO — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2010-10-11

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20100241  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2010-10-11  
**Published:** 2010-11-11

Hazardous liquid incident in MANSFIELD TOWNSHIP, BURLINGTON County, NJ. Reported cause: INCORRECT OPERATION. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0 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 MANSFIELD TOWNSHIP, BURLINGTON County, NJ. Reported cause: INCORRECT OPERATION. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0 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: 20100241.

Operator ID: 7063.

Reported incident date: 10/11/2010 16:10.

Cause detail: OTHER INCORRECT OPERATION

Cause detail: OUT OF SERVICE PIPING THAT HAD BEEN PERMANENTLY REMOVED FROM THE PIPELINE SYSTEM WAS BEING CUT TO BE SOLD AS SCRAP METAL. RESIDUAL PRODUCT OF LESS THAN ONE GALLON IGNITED DURING THE HOT WORK PROCESS OF CUTTING THE PIPING WHICH RESULTED IN A SMALL FIRE THAT WAS IMMEDIATELY EXTINGUISHED. CAUSAL ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT THE ESTABLISHED HOT WORK PROCEDURES WERE NOT FOLLOWED BY THE ON-SITE PERSONNEL.

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: <https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/1d547e17-2be1-4a32-9958-a1d5a946ade9?download=true&filename=Hazardous%20Liquid%20Accident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `a7957770b0e30e0a623874897d08c06c9c235a806d8eb2a4464e2ef95263a5b6`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T05:59:09.102Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-f05abaf0bd2ee1e0304371c5`

### Source metadata

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