# ELIZABETHTOWN GAS CO — Gas distribution — incident on 1995-12-17

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 19950171
- **title:** ELIZABETHTOWN GAS CO — Gas distribution — incident on 1995-12-17
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 1995-12-27
- **effective on:** 1995-12-17
- **summary:** 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. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
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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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