TXU GAS DISTRIBUTION — Gas distribution — incident on 2001-05-24

Current as of 2001-05-24 Government source

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationOfficial agency material

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Gas distribution incident in DALLAS, DALLAS County, TX. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 3 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: 20020124.

Operator ID: 31348.

Reported incident date: 20010524.

Location detail: NO DATA

Cause detail: A CONTRACTOR WORKING FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS DAMAGED A SERVICE LINE. THE CONTRACTOR FAILED TO REPORT THE DAMAGE. GAS SUBSEQUENTLY ESCAPED FROM THE DAMAGED SERVICE LINE AND ENTERED A STORM SEWER. THE GAS IN THE STORM SEWER WAS IGNITED BY A CIGARETTE LIGHTER AND THREE INDIVIDUALS WERE HOSPITALIZED.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, serious incident.

PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.

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.

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