{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20120031","title":"COLUMBIA GAS TRANSMISSION CORP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2012-02-29","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2012-03-23","effective_on":"2012-02-29","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in REPUBLIC, SENECA County, OH. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 4782.5 released, $4,551 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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-099bc648af0e065c12b38dba.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-099bc648af0e065c12b38dba.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-099bc648af0e065c12b38dba","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip","body":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in REPUBLIC, SENECA County, OH. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 4782.5 released, $4,551 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.\n\nReport number: 20120031.\n\nOperator ID: 2616.\n\nReported incident date: 2/29/2012 8:10.\n\nLocation detail: VS-1512\n\nCause detail: DAMAGE BY CAR, TRUCK, OR OTHER MOTORIZED VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION\n\nCause detail: AN ASPHALT TRUCK TRAVELING ON CR-38 IN SENECA COUNTY, NEAR THE TOWN OF REPUBLIC, OH. THE TRUCK WAS CARRYING ASPHALT AND UPON ROLLING OVER IT CAUGHT FIRE. IT HAPPENED THAT THIS VEHICLE ROLL-OVER TOOK PLACE NEAR A GAS BEARING FACILITY WHERE IT DAMAGED A RISER AND ANOTHER VENT PIPE. THE FACILITY WAS ISOLATED AND SECURED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. THE FIRST RESPONDERS CONTACTED THE EMERGENCY OFFICIALS WHO SECURED THE COUNTY ROAD AND HELPED THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENCE TO EVACUATE UNTIL THE FLAME DID SUBSIDE AND TO SECURE THE AREA. REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE FACILITY AND THE SYSTEM PRESSURE WAS RESTORED.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — VEHICLE NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $17,272 reported total cost, $13,020.257 in 1984 dollars, $18,946.834 in current-year dollars.\n\nPHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1648}