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PHMSA Report 19950171
ELIZABETHTOWN GAS CO — Gas distribution — incident on 1995-12-17
Current as of 1995-12-17 Government source
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Gas distribution incident in CLARK, UNION County, NJ. Reported cause: DAMAGE BY OUTSIDE FORCES. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $200,000 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: 19950171.
Operator ID: 4350.
Reported incident date: 19951217.
Cause detail: POSSIBLE ESCAPE OF GAS RESULTING FROM CRACK IN 4" CAST IRON MAIN.7
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE — EARTH MOVEMENT.
PHMSA indexed costs: $200,000 reported total cost, $146,651.817 in 1984 dollars, $361,158.29 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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