{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20080099","title":"CENTRAL ILLINOIS LIGHT CO — Gas distribution — incident on 2008-05-03","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2008-05-03","effective_on":"2008-05-03","summary":"Gas distribution incident in VILLAGE OF NEWMAN, DOUGLAS County, IL. Reported cause: 9. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $16,500 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, not fire-first.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-1c93626d7604b1cff643422d.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-1c93626d7604b1cff643422d.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-1c93626d7604b1cff643422d","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/ef2727e4-bb70-4544-b292-9429027a9b14?download=true&filename=Gas%20Distribution%20Incident%20Data%20-%20March%202004%20to%20December%202009.zip","body":"Gas distribution incident in VILLAGE OF NEWMAN, DOUGLAS County, IL. Reported cause: 9. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $16,500 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: 20080099.\n\nOperator ID: 2200.\n\nReported incident date: 5/3/2008.\n\nCause detail: THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE\n\nCause detail: HOME OWNER RENTED A DITCHWITCH WALK BEHIND TRENCHER AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TRENCHING IN SEWER LATERALS WHEN THE 2\" P.E. GAS MAIN WAS DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE TO THE GAS MAIN RESULTED IN A RELEASE OF GAS WHICH IGNITED. THE HOME OWNER AND HIS FATHER WERE EXPOSED TO THE IGNITION AND RECEIVED OUTPATIENT MEDICAL CARE FOR THEIR BURNS. THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED DUE TO LIMITED KNOWLEDGE ON THE EXTENT OF THE BURNS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR INPATIENT MEDICAL CARE. INPATIENT MEDICAL CARE WAS NOT ADMINISTERED.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious, not fire-first.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $16,500 reported total cost, $9,072.021 in 1984 dollars, $21,810.264 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":1444}