PHMSA Report 20190059
PHMSA Report 20190059
Hazardous liquid incident in INDIANAPOLIS, MARION County, IN. Reported cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 7.5 REFINED AND/OR PETROLEUM PRODUCT (NON-HVL) WHICH IS A LIQUID AT AMBIENT CONDITIONS released, $214 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: 20190059.
Operator ID: 32147.
Reported incident date: 2/6/2019 8:00.
Location detail: FACILITY
Cause detail: TEMPERATURE
Cause detail: ON 2/6/19, A STATION OPERATOR NOTICED PRODUCT BENEATH A DRAIN VALVE ON THE RELIEF LINE AT INDIANAPOLIS TERMINAL. ALL PRODUCT WAS CONTAINED ON-SITE AND HAS BEEN CLEANED UP. RELEASE VOLUME WAS DETERMINED TO BE 7.5 BARRELS, CAUSED BY NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE DUE TO FROZEN COMPONENTS. THE VALVE HAS BEEN REPLACED AND THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATIONS. 3/21/19 FINAL SUBMITTED-NO CHANGES TO INITIAL REPORT.
PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE — TEMPERATURE.
PHMSA indexed costs: $36,766 reported total cost, $17,226.806 in 1984 dollars, $42,424.32 in current-year dollars.
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